Case Title: Bush v. State

Citation: 237 N.E.2d 584, 251 Ind. 84

Docket Number: 967S78

State: indiana

Court: Indiana Supreme Court

Date: 1968-06-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
251 Ind. 84 (1968)
237 N.E.2d 584
BUSH
v.
STATE OF INDIANA.
No. 967S78.

Supreme Court of Indiana.
Filed June 14, 1968.
Rehearing denied August 14, 1968.
*85 Frank E. Spencer, of Indianapolis, for appellant.
John J. Dillon, Attorney General, and Murray West, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Criminal Court of Marion County, Division 1, in a cause in which the appellant was tried by the court and found guilty of the offense of uttering a forged instrument. The appellant asserts error in the court in overruling appellant's motion for a new trial.
The formal charge lodged against the appellant was by affidavit, and omitting the formal points, as follows:
Appellant contends that there was no evidence that the check in question was forged by anyone or that the defendant knew it was forged. Appellant contends further that it did *87 not purport to be a check made by anyone other than "E.G. Grawn." It is questionable whether the check is written as E.B. Brown or E.G. Grawn, the letters "G" and "B" as written, being in some doubt, and the letter "a" in the second name rather than "o" likewise being of some doubt. This would in no way be material to the matter on appeal.
The pertinent part of Burns' § 10-2102 reads as follows:
This court has held "uttering" a forged instrument is the passing of same for payment. Strickland v. State, (1940), 217 Ind. 588, 29 N.E.2d 950.
The state offered testimony by the general cashier of the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. On December 21, 1966, appellant came to her cashier's window to cash a check, state's exhibit No. 3. The cashier was cross-examined by the attorney for the appellant as to this exhibit as follows:
Thus, the cashier identified the appellant as the man who cashed the check in question. There was further testimony by an officer of the bank that nobody had an account at the bank with the account number which was on the check, state's exhibit No. 3.
The most recent case England v. State (1968), 249 Ind. 466, 12 Ind. Dec. 575, 233 N.E.2d 168, is directly in point with the case on appeal. In England v. State, supra, Chief Justice Lewis stated:
Under the holding of that case there was sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction by the trial court. The general rule is that if there is any evidence of the facts essential to support the judgment, a conviction will be sustained. Mathews v. State (1967), 248 Ind. 563, 10 Ind. Dec. 715, 228 N.E.2d 1. Furthermore, when the question of the sufficiency of the evidence is raised, the Supreme Court will consider only that evidence most favorable to the state, together with all the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. Fisher v. State (1966), 247 Ind. 598, 9 Ind. Dec. 108, 219 N.E.2d 818; Donaldson v. State (1952), 231 Ind. 434, 108 N.E.2d 888.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Jackson, J., dissents.
Mote, J., not participating.
NOTE.  Reported in 237 N.E.2d 584.