People v. McGovern
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Thomas F. McGovern, from a judgment of the County Court of Madison county, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Madison on the 8th day of June, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the second degree, and also from an order of said court made on the 15th day of June, 1904, denying the defendant’s 'motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Chester, J.:
The defendant was employed as a bookkeeper in the office of the Oneida Silverware Manufacturing Company. In the indictment under which he was tried he was charged with committing the crime of forgery in the second degree by raising a check of said company payable to his order from four dollars to fourteen dollars and utter*297ing the same with intent to defraud such company. Under the custom of that company checks were supplied to the defendant, signed by its treasurer in blank, but the checks were not good until they were countersigned by one S. W. Moore, its president. The written…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gordon v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Milliman v. Rochester Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Coykendall v. EatonNew York Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. FergusonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935