State v. . Tatum

The evidence was to the effect that on 28 October, 1932, the defendant signed and delivered to an agent of W. I. Anderson Company a check in the sum of $42.86 drawn on the Bank of Chapel Hill. This check represented a payment on a past due account. The check was deposited in Greensboro on 29 October, 1932, and was returned by the Bank of Chapel Hill unpaid. $10.36 had been paid on the check before the issuing of warrant on 7 March, 1933. The defendant testified that he gave the check "to be applied on an account for groceries which had been previously purchased and delivered, and asked him to…