Sander v. Johnston

McCAMANT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the superior court of the county of Alameda, in the state of California, of a violation of section 476 of the Penal Code. This section is as follows:

“Every person who makes, passes, utters, or publishes, with intention to defraud any other person, or who, with the like intention attempts to pass, utter, or publish, or who has in his possession, with like intent to utter, pass, or publish, any fictitious bill, note, or check, purporting to be the bill, note, or check, or other instrument in writing for the payment of money or property of some…