People v. Adams

On November 5, 1971, an information was filed charging tire defendant with theft of property exceeding $150 in value by deception in violation of section 16 — 1(b) of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, If 16 — 1(b).) On January 10, 1974, an indictment was returned. The one-count indictment charged that between September 17, 1971, and September 22, 1971, the defendant committed the offense of theft of property exceeding $150 in value in violation of the foregoing statutory provision “* * * in that he knowingly made checks drawn on The First National Bank of Decatur, Decatur,…