Hopkins v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Joe Hopkins was found guilty of uttering a forged check, KIRS 434.130, and judgment was entered imposing a two-year sentence. He appeals, asserting several grounds of error.

The check in question was drawn by the Truax-Traer Coal Company on the Continental -Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Illinois, payable to Marie Allen James. The evidence for the Commonwealth was that Hopkins and one Clyde Parker Crum came into the place of business of Virgil Sykes; Hopkins ordered a case of beer and asked if Sykes would take a check; the latter said he would if the…