Case Name: Dunham v. Maxwell, Warden
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1963-02-06
Citations: 174 Ohio St. 184
Docket Number: No. 37752
Parties: Dunham v. Maxwell, Warden.
Judges: Zimmerman, Matthias, O’Neill, Grieeith, Herbert and Gibson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 174
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
Dunham v. Maxwell, Warden.
(No. 37752
Decided February 6, 1963.)
Mr. Patrick Dunham, in propria persona.
Mr. Mark McElroy, attorney general, and Mr. John J. Connors, Jr., for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Petitioner's sole contention in this case is that the signing of one's own name to a check drawn upon a bank in which he has no account does not constitute the crime of forgery, and that his indictment was void.
Petitioner's contention is without foundation. This court in In re Clemons, 168 Ohio St., 83, held that such act constitutes the crime of forgery under Section 2913.01, Revised Code. The syllabus of that case reads as follows:
"The making of an instrument purporting to be a check, with intent to defraud, signed by the maker with his own name but drawn on a bank in which such maker has no 'checking account' constitutes the false making of a check and is 'forgery' as defined by Section 2913.01, Revised Code."
The petitioner has shown no lack of jurisdiction of the trial court nor any deprivation of his constitutional rights.
Petitioner remanded to custody.
Zimmerman, Matthias, O'Neill, Grieeith, Herbert and Gibson, JJ., concur.