United States v. Lloyd Edward Wilkins

After a trial before Judge Bryan without a jury in the Southern District of New York, Wilkins was convicted of .abetting the forgery of an endorsement ■on a United States Treasury check and the uttering of such a check, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 495. He does not ■deny that the evidence warranted the judge in finding that he stole from a mailbox a $60 Treasury check payable to “A.Rivera unrem wid,” meaning, as we are told, “unremarried widow”; that he .sought the aid of one Leary 1 in cashing the check, saying falsely that it belonged to Wilkins’ aunt, promising Leary $5 for Iiis pains, and…