People v. Parker

John M. Friedman,

Police Justice. Defendant is charged by his wife with violation of section 1292-a of the Penal Law in sending her a check for $45 on October 4 or 5, 1965, for support pursuant to court order, when he had insufficient funds in the drawee bank to cover the check. The statute provides in pertinent part that one ‘ ‘ who, with intent to defraud, shall make or draw or utter or deliver any check * * * knowing at the time * * * that the maker or drawer has not sufficient funds in * * [the] bank * * * shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; * * * In any prosecution under this section * * *…