Miller v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Rees

Affirming.

The grand jury of Montgomery county returned an indictment against Elliott Miller charging him with the crime of uttering a forged check, and on his trial he was convicted and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years. The principal ground relied upon by appellant for reversal of the judgment is the alleged error of the court in overruling his motion for a continuance made at the close of the evidence for the Commonwealth.

On April 5, 1944, Elliott Miller presented a check to William McClure in Mt.…