State v. Morton

WERNICK, Justice.

Defendant, in a trial by jury (in the Superior Court, Kennebec County), was found guilty of the crime of uttering and publishing as true, and with intent to defraud, an endorsement of a bank check which defendant knew to be a false, forged and counterfeit endorsement (17 M.R.S.A. § 1501). After a sentence of two and one-half to seven years in the State Prison was imposed, judgment of conviction was duly entered. Defendant has appealed to this Court from the judgment of conviction.

The evidence discloses that defendant was identified at trial as the person who had participated…