State v. . Dixon

For the purpose of showing that the checks in question were made out in the name of a fictitious person, or that they were forged by the defendant, the teller of the Greensboro bank, over objection, was allowed to give the reason for their nonpayment by the Winston-Salem bank, as shown by the protest, to be “No account”— meaning that no account was carried at said bank in the name of A. C. Corbett. It was permissible for the witness to state that the checks bad been sent to the Winston-Salem bank for collection, and that they bad been protested for nonpayment and returned. In corroboration of…