Searcy

Defendant appeals from judgment of conviction after jury verdict, of violation of section 470, Penal Code (forgery).

Questions Presented

1. Sufficiency of the information.

2. Can a credit charge slip be the subject of forgery?

3. Was there an illegal search and seizure?

4. Alleged error in excluding a hearsay conversation between defendant and a deputy sheriff.

5. Alleged failure of sheriff to subpoena a sheriff’s detective.

Evidence

Tidewater Oil Co. and Standard Oil Co. issued credit cards to John J. Hennessy. The latter gave a duplicate of each to his daughter, Nancy. Nancy’s purse containing these cards was stolen.

Without detailing the evidence, it clearly shows that defendant used these cards to obtain gasoline and tires at various service stations. The procedure at each station was for the attendant, after supplying the gasoline or tires, to make out a credit slip, upon which was noted the license number of the automobile serviced. Defendant then signed such slip. Defendant used his own car and borrowed cars. All of them had stolen license plates instead of their own plates. Defendant admitted signing the credit slips. He testified that he had performed some TV…