People v. Choate

The appellant was charged in two counts of an information with violations of section 476 of the Penal Code, and in a third count with violating section 476a of that code. In Count 1 he was charged with uttering and passing a fictitious check on April 8, 1957, purporting to be signed by one Walter H. Scott, when he knew that there was no such person in existence and knew that this check was fictitious. In Count 2 he was in like manner charged with uttering and passing on April 9, 1957, another fictitious check which was purportedly signed by Walter H. Scott. In Count 3, he was charged with…