Smith v. State

Maryland Code, Article 27, Section 44, provides in part that if any person “shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit * * * any * * * bill of exchange * * * with intent to defraud any person whomsoever, [he] shall be deemed a felon * * *.”

Appellant was indicted under this statute, the indictment charging that on May 11, 1968 he did, with intent feloniously to defraud, “falsely make, forge, and counterfeit a certain bill of exchange, to wit, * * * a certain blank check of Arundel Engineering Construction Co., Inc., * * * drawn on the Maryland National Bank, Baltimore, Maryland.” 1 (Emphasis…