Brooks v. State

Been, Presiding Judge.

1. Former Code §13-9933 made it illegal to make, draw, utter or deliver a check and thereby "obtain any money, goods, or other property of value,” with intent to defraud and with knowledge that there are insufficient funds for payment. The present section, Code § 26-1704 (Ga. L. 1975, pp. 482, 483, as amended by Ga. L. 1977, pp. 1266, 1268) makes it illegal to make, draw, utter or deliver a check "in exchange for a present consideration of wages” with knowledge that it would not be honored by the drawee. Knowledge that because of insufficient funds the check will not be…