Gutridge v. State

The plaintiff in error, Orville Gut-ridge, was convicted in the court of common pleas upon a charge of issuing a check without sufficient funds. He is plaintiff in error in this court, and seeks a reversal of the judgment below.

The evidence shows that Gutridge bought an automobile of R. N. Chaffin, received possession of the automobile, and issued his check in payment therefor; that, when such check reached the bank, the same was refused for insufficient funds. The plaintiff in error now claims that the check was invalid, for the reason that no bill of sale of the automobile was tendered to…