Lucas

Appellant having been prosecuted and convicted in the superior court of Sacramento County upon an information charging him with the crime of forgery, presents to this court his claims that there was error in the trial court on the part of the prosecution and in the following particulars, to wit: First, that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, and, secondly, that the court erred in permitting the introduction of evidence of other crimes.

1. The information upon which the defendant was tried charged the defendant with the crime of forgery, in language as follows: That he “did then and there wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously,‘knowingly, falsely and fraudulently with the intent to prejudice damage and injure one H. E. Reedy, make, alter, forge and counterfeit a certain instrument in writing in the words and figures following, to wit:

Section 470 of the Penal Code, in so far as it is here applicable, provides as follows: “Every person who, with intent to defraud, signs the name of another person, or of a fictitious person, knowing that he has not authority so to do, to, or falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any . . . check, ... or utters, publishes,…