Thomas v. State

Appellant was convicted of the offense denounced by Code 1923, § 4158 — “Giving check or draft when funds insufficient to cover.”

The single count of the indictment, under which he was convicted, alleged that he “with intent to defraud did make or utter a cheek upon the Tennessee Valley Bank of Sheffield, Alabama, knowing at the time,” etc. (Italics ours.)

We.have searched the bill of exceptions diligently, but fail to find any evidence tending to support the allegation which we have italicised above. This was an essential averment, and, in the absence of any proof tending to show its truth,…