Clemons v. Alvis

The single issue before,, us is whether the making and issuance, with intent to defraud, of a check signed by the maker with his own name but drawn on a bank in which such maker has no “checking account” constitute a violation *85of Section 2913.01, Revised Code, i. e., whether the petitioner was convicted of a crime over which the Common Pleas Court of Gallia County had jurisdiction pursuant to the indictment hereinbefore set out.

Section 2913.01, Revised Code, reads in part as follows:

“No person, with intent to defraud, shall falsely make * * * a * * * check * * * 0r, with, like intent, utter…