Hawkins v. Commonwealth

GARDNER, Commissioner.

James Steve Hawkins was convicted on two counts of uttering forged checks and on two counts of uttering traveler’s exchange money orders, the amounts of which had been raised. His sentence was fixed at five years’ confinement on each of the four counts. We affirm.

The Shepherd-Rogers Construction Company’s office was broken into and 45 blank checks from the payroll checkbook and 30 blank checks from the regular checkbook were stolen. The checks carried the printed words, “Shepherd-Rogers Construction Co.” and each check had an identifying number on it. Subsequently two…