In Re Ballestra

The petitioner is in custody upon the charge of having violated the provisions of the act of June 5, 1915, in effect August 8, 1915, amending the prior act of March 1, 1911. (Stats. 1915, p. 1215.)

Section 1 of the statute is, in part, as follows:

“No person, firm or corporation shall issue, in payment of or as an evidence of indebtedness for wages due an employee, any order, check, memorandum, or other acknowledgment of indebtedness, unless the same is negotiable, and is payable upon demand without discount in cash at some bank or other established place of business in the state; and no…