State v. Owens

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered on a plea of guilty to an information charging forgery in the second degree. The defendant contends that under authority of State v. Briton, 265 Minn. 326, 121 N. W. (2d) 577, the information upon which he was arraigned is fatally defective and that he is accordingly entitled to a reversal.

The prosecution resulted from a complaint by one August Lederman who cashed a forged check for the defendant which was endorsed by him. The check was payable to defendant in the sum of $300. It purported to bear the signature of one…