United States v. Mercantile Nat. Bank

PORTERIE, District Judge.

Bertha Smith posed as Beulah Mitchell Gibbs, unremarried widow of Ben Gibbs, Jr., and made an application to the Veterans’ Administration, which was approved. The checks were made payable to “Mrs Beulah Mitchell Gibbs as the unremarried widow of Ben Gibbs Jr. 1224 Taylor Street Shreveport Louisiana” appearing in four successive lines. This payee was legally due the money. Bertha Smith endorsed four checks of $25, signing with her mark, with two witnesses with given addresses, as “Beulah Mitchell Gibbs.” A large check of $5,875 she signed again by mark with two…