People v. Laborwits

The indictment against appellant contained six counts, each charging him with the crime of forgery. Appellant plead guilty to the charge contained in count one, and the other five counts were ordered off the calendar. Thereupon, and before judgment, appellant asked leave to file an application for probation, which was denied by the court.

The only point made by appellant on this appeal is that there was an abuse of the trial court’s discretion in refus ing to allow the defendant the privilege of filing an application for probation. A similar question was before the appellate court in the case…