Legal Opinion
United States v. Hood Brown
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 31, 1956No. 377, Docket 24037PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
On April 19, 1955, Hood Brown entered a supermarket located in New York City, walked up to the store manager, and asked him to cash a check which he handed to him, along with a draft card for identification. The check, a United States obligation payable to the order of one Anthony Vidal, had previously been endorsed, but not, as it turned out, by Vidal. Brown was subsequently indicted for violating 18 U.S.C. § 495 on four counts, one for forging the endorsement, one for uttering the forged instrument, and two others which were dismissed at the commencement of trial with…
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