People v. Fields

Defendant was charged with uttering and publishing a forged check. CL 1948, § 750.249 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.446).1

On February 1, 1969, defendant picked out a hat in a clothing store. He asked the clerk if she would cash his girl friend’s ADC check for $139 made out to Alice Jane Doxey. The clerk told him that if he would sign the check, put his name and address on it, and produce his driver’s license, she would cash the check. Defendant said his girl friend wouldn’t want him to sign her check or put his name on it. He took the check and left without purchasing the hat.

Although defendant…