People v. Sugarman

The indictment charges defendant with forgery, second degree, in two counts, i. e., one, that defendant, having in his possession a check for $25,000, dated June 26, 1919, made by S. Barkin payable to the order of George P. Smith, forged the indorsement of the name of the payee on the back thereof, and another, that he uttered the same.

Smith, whose signature defendant is charged with having forged, was a young man, somewhat under thirty years of age at the time of the transaction complained of. He had had business transactions with defendant, who was a lawyer. He had indorsed and made notes…