State v. McWilliams

BARRETT, Commissioner.

The information, upon which the appellant McWilliams was convicted, charged that on October 18, 1958, he feloniously and. with intent to cheat and defraud gave Cornelius A. Mundel a check for $50 drawn upon a bank in which he knew he had no funds. V.A.M.S. § 561.450. A jury found McWilliams guilty of the offense charged and, in addition, the jury found prior felony convictions alleged under the second-offender statute (V.A.M.S. § 556.280, subd. 2) and accordingly assessed the maximum mandatory punishment of seven years’ imprisonment.

Mr. Mundel operated a gasoline service…