State v. . Yarboro

STACY, C.J., and CONNOR, J., concurring; CLARKSON and BROGDEN, JJ., dissenting. The defendant was indicted and convicted of a breach of the following statute, which was ratified 2 March, 1927:

"An act to prevent the giving of worthless checks.

"Whereas, the common practice of giving checks, drafts, and bills of exchange, without first providing funds in or credits with the depository on which the same are drawn, to pay and satisfy the same, tends to create the circulation of worthless paper, overdrafts, bad banking, and check kiting, and a mischief to trade and commerce; and it being the…