State v. McGuff

Appellant was put to trial upon a charge of forgery. The. charging part of the information is as follows:

“That he, the said Peter McGuff, on the 13th day of December, 1916, did then and there feloniously forge a writing, on paper, the said writing on paper being then and there an instrument by which the title of personal property was evidenced, created, acknowledged and transferred, the same being a request for the payment of money of the tenor following:

“ ‘Counter Check.

“North Yakima, Wash., Dec. 13, 1916. No.....

“The Yakima National Bank — Pay to the order of Peter McGuff $15.00.

“Fifteen....…