State v. Houge

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment convicting defendant of aggravated forgery in violation of Minn. St. 609.625, subd. 1(1). Defendant, Glenn Houge, was convicted of making and delivering, with fraudulent intent, a check for $93.45, payable to Gaalaas Jewelry in Stillwater and purporting to be made by one John Benson.

Defendant was released from the Stillwater Prison at 7:30 a. m. September 3, 1966. At about 9 o’clock that morning, a man identified as defendant entered the St. Croix Drug Store in Stillwater and asked for check blanks for the First National Bank of Stillwater.…