United States v. Joseph Maybury

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.

Maybury was indicted in the Eastern District of New York on two counts. Both related to a United States Treasury check for ij>68 payable to Abraham Kohl. The first count charged that, for the purpose of obtaining or receiving money from the United States, Maybury forged Kohl’s name on the reverse of the check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 495; the second charged that, in violation of the same section, Maybury uttered the check with intent to defraud the United States, knowing the endorsement to have been forged. Maybury was tried before Judge Abruzzo, jury trial having…