Brooks v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted upon an indictment which charged him with passing and uttering a number of counterfeit Federal Reserve Bank notes, of the denomination of $100 each, with intent to defraud, in violation of 18 USCA § 265.

It was shown by the evidence without conflict that the notes were counterfeit, and that appellant passed them off on one Jenkins as payment for a quantity of intoxicating liquor which he bought at Savannah from Jenkins. The trial court submitted to the jury the question whether appellant knew the money was counterfeit, but rejected his contention…