People v. Ryan

The defendant was convicted on twenty-six counts of an indictment, of which nine counts charged the commission of forgery and seventeen charged the commission of the crime of forgery of a fictitious name. There was no demurrer to the complaint, and the points on appeal relate to the case as made by the evidence.

Appellant’s first point is that the checks described in counts V, XI, XVI, XXIII, XXVII and XXXII were not forgeries or forgeries of a fictitious name within the meaning of the statute. Count V may be taken as representing this group. The defendant was accused therein of the crime of…