People v. Dole

The defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of forgery, and from an order denying a new trial.

The specific charge in the information is that the defendant, having in his possession a certified check for two dollars and fifty cents, raised it to eight hundred and fifty dollars, forged certain indorsements on it, and, knowing its fictitious character, passed it on the State Loan and Trust Company, a corporation, all with intent to defraud said corporation.

A demurrer to this information was overruled, and this ruling is the first error assigned in support of the appeal.

The most serious…