Darrel Paul Giraud v. United States

Darrel Paul Giraud, appellant herein, in an indictment filed by a United States Grand Jury was charged, in thirteen counts with violating certain United States statutes. In four counts (Num bers One, Four, Seven, and Ten) appellant was charged with forging four separate United States Treasury checks in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 495 and 2. In four counts (Numbers Two, Five, Eight, and Eleven) he was- charged with uttering and publishing said Treasury checks also in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 495 and 2; and in five counts (Numbers Three, Six, Nine, Twelve, and Thirteen) he was charged with taking from the mails prior to delivery to the addressee certain checks on five separate occasions in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1702 .

A jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Northern Division, found appellant guilty on ten of said counts (Numbers One, Two, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen) and not guilty on three of said counts (Numbers Three, Four and Five). These latter three counts all referred to one particular check. Six of the counts upon which appellant was convicted (Numbers One, Seven, Ten, Two, Eight, and Eleven) were…