People v. Brown

In this action the defendant was convicted, under section 476 of the Penal Code, of making, uttering, publishing, and passing a fictitious check. The information contained two counts. In count one the defendant was accused, under section 470 of the Penal Code, of the crime of forgery. And in count two, under section 476, of the crime of making, etc., a fictitious check. The check, as set out in full in each count of the information, purported to be signed by “J. Burke and Co.” In the body of the information, however, and in each count thereof the check was described and referred to as a check…