People v. Roche

An information was filed in the superior court in and for the county of Alameda charging appellant J. W. Roche with having violated section 476 of the Penal Code in passing a fictitious check with intent to defraud, and, further, that prior to the commission of that offense he had been convicted in the superior court in and for the county of Santa Clara of the crime of forgery, and that pursuant to the judgment upon such conviction had served a term of imprisonment in the California state prison at San Quentin. Appellant pleaded “guilty” to the second, but entered a plea of “not guilty” to…