People v. Shaw

Defendant was charged with forgery of a certain obligatory instrument, to-wit: a Citizen’s Charge-O-Matic sales slip, contrary to MCLA § 750.248 (Stat Ann 1965 Cum Supp § 28.445), and was convicted upon a jury verdict October 31, 1967.

Defendant asserts that the facts do not support a conviction under the forgery statute, but rather make out a ease of unauthorized use of a credit card under CLS 1961, § 750.219a (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.416[l]) 1 and asserts that the prosecuting attorney abused his quasi-judicial discretion in proceeding under the general forgery statute, MCLA § 750.248, supra.

It…