UNITED STATES v. WASHINGTON

No. 13158.

287 F.2d 819 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. Ernest Jefferson WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

March 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Dill, Milwaukee, Wis., for appellant.

Edward G. Minor, U. S. Atty., William J. Mulligan, Matthew M. Corry, Asst. U. S. Attys., Milwaukee, Wis., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, SCHNACKENBERG and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, appearing with counsel of his own choosing, signed a waiver of indictment. He was thereafter charged in an information with forging the endorsement of the payee on a United States Treasury check (Count I), and with uttering said check knowing the endorsement to be forged, and with intent to defraud the United States (Count II). Defendant entered a plea of not guilty.

A trial by jury was had with defendant being represented...

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