State v. Coffey

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

Appellant bought a load of cherries and paid for them with a check in the amount of $3,560 drawn on the Dixie State Bank. Both the seller and his son testified that appellant represented the check to be good at the time it was written and delivered and no contrary evidence was presented to the trial court. The cheek was not post-dated. The seller presented the check for payment through his collection bank, but it was dishonored by appellant’s bank. The seller’s bank held the check for approximately a month but was unable to collect it.

Appellant was subsequently tried for…