State v. Seward

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.

This was a criminal prosecution. The information was in three counts. The first charged defendant with stealing a check drawn upon The Central National Bank of Junction City, Kan., against the account of the Martin K. Eby Construction Company and payable to Ira L. Wheeler in the sum of $75.68; in the second count he was charged with forgery in that he endorsed the name of Ira Wheeler, the p&yee, on the back of the check; and in the third count he was charged with obtaining property under false pretenses by means of the check. The defendant was…