COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Defendant was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2314 ("Transportation of stolen goods, securities ..."). This appeal presents a single question of statutory interpretation: did Congress intend in paragraph three of that section to encompass by the phrase "falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities" a valid check with a forged countersignature? Though a question of first impression in this circuit, the Second, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth...
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