The People v. D'Andrea

The defendant, Nick D’Andrea, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of forgery. The indictment consists of two counts. Of these the first charges the defendant with forging the certification of a check with the intent to prejudice the Sanitary District of Chicago. The second charges him with uttering a false check, knowing it to be false. A jury found D’Andrea guilty as charged. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. The defendant prosecutes this writ of error to review the record.

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