United States v. Donald Thompson

SCHNACKE, District Judge.

Donald Thompson, after a jury trial, was adjudged guilty of forging the name of a payee on a United States treasury check, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 495. He appeals.

It is not denied that Thompson, in July 1977, took a treasury check payable to one Olden Howard, signed Howard’s name on the back of the check, and cashed the check at a bank. At trial, Thompson claimed that he cashed the check with Howard’s permission. Howard testified that Thompson lacked such permission. Howard further testified that Thompson had told him he would pay Howard the amount of the check if…