Lionel Sampson Faibisy Alias John W. Gedney v. United States

Appealing from a conviction on the charge of transporting in interstate commerce a falsely made, forged, altered and counterfeited security, to-wit, a check, in violation of Sections 2 and 2314, Title 18 U.S.C., defendant is here making two points against his conviction. One is that the indictment is insufficient in not stating the wherein of the offense, that is in what particular the instrument was falsely made, forged, altered and counterfeited. The other is that the court failed to charge, as requested by defendant, that the jury must find beyond a reasonable doubt that the name signed to…