State v. Brown

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction on a jury *384verdict of the crime of forgery. The defendant was sentenced to ten years in prison.

A dividend check of the Atomic Development Mutual Fund, Inc., payable to Clifford F. Holt and Sara T. Holt in the amount of $15.65 was mailed to the Holts, but they never received it. The defendant Brown and an unidentified woman turned up in possession of the check. The defendant signed the name Clifford Holt as an endorsement on the check and someone signed the letters “Sa” to signify Sara T. Holt. The defendant attempted to cash the check at two or…