People v. Youders

Defendant was charged in one count of an information with the crime of issuing and passing a check in the sum of $10 on May 29, 1949, to one Gilbreath, with intent to defraud. In the second count he was charged with passing a fictitious check. Then followed an allegation of “prior conviction” alleging that defendant was convicted of forgery in Nevada, and served a term in a penal institution. Defendant admitted this prior conviction and pleaded not guilty to each count of the information. Trial before a jury was had resulting in a verdict of guilty as to the first count and not guilty as to…