People v. Peace

The defendant was convicted by a jury of uttering and publishing pursuant to MCLA 750.249; MSA 28.446. He was sentenced to a term of from 3 to 14 years imprisonment and appeals.

At trial the evidence revealed that in August of 1970 a man cashed a $100 Travelers Express money order at a party store in Traverse City, Michigan. As the man left the store with the money, the proprietor followed him to the door and saw him get into the passenger side of a waiting automobile. The proprietor wrote the vehicle’s license plate number on the back of the money order. Subsequently the money order was…