People v. Miller

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of conviction of grand larceny in the first degree, after trial upon an indictment charging the same transaction in two counts; the first alleging larceny of $600 by false pretenses by means of a cheek in that amount, and the second charging common-law larceny of $600. A sentence to imprisonment for three to five years was imposed and execution thereof suspended. The record discloses no evidence whatsoever supportive of either charge. The subject of the charges was a check for $600 which w.as returned by the bank on which it was drawn, by reason of…