State v. Holbert

Defendant appeals his conviction for knowingly uttering and publishing a forged check. He claims the court erred in admitting into evidence other checks similar to the one on which the charge was based.

The evidence established that on the morning of June 11, 1964, an employee of the L & M Woodworking Company discovered that some of the company cheeks, a typewriter and check protector had been stolen during the preceding night. The checks taken were numbered in sequence.

On the same day, five of the stolen checks were presented to different places of business in Portland, and cashed. The five…