People v. Rose

ROTH, J., pro tem.

Defendant Rose was charged with and convicted of the crime of issuing a check without sufficient funds in violation of section 476a, Penal Code. The trial was by the court alone, a jury having been regularly waived.

The record shows that on August' 6, 1934, defendant asked one MacIntyre, with whom he had had prior business dealings, to cash a check for him in the amount of $150. At the time of the request, both parties were in the bank with which MacIntyre transacted business, located in Hollywood. The defendant, according to MacIntyre, stated that inasmuch as his bank was in…