State v. Harley

(Pro Tempore)

This is an appeal by the defendant, Lee J. Harley, from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Linn County, based upon the verdict of a jury which found defendant guilty of the crime of forgery in violation of OBS 165.105.

Defendant is alleged to have executed and passed a forged check in the sum of $10 at a restaurant in Lebanon. The check purported to have been issued by one Leo Johnson as maker. Sometime after the issuance of said check, and shortly before these criminal proceedings were instituted against defendant, an undated Begister check (No. 1245) of the Bank of Lebanon in…