Barnes

Defendant was tried upon an information charging the crime of forgery. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and from the judgment upon the verdict and from the order denying his motion for a new trial the defendant has appealed upon a typewritten record.

The facts of the case upon which the jury’s verdict of guilt was based are that the defendant on February 17, 1930, opened an account with the Bank of America at 631 Market Street in San Francisco under the name of Joseph Barnes, and gave as his address the Dale Hotel in San Francisco. The proprietor of that hotel identified the defendant as the same man who came to his hotel on February' 17th and gave his name as Joseph Barnes and asked that his mail be held for him. On the following day the defendant opened an account with the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Oakland under the name of Henry Gail and gave as his address 412 Tenth Street, Oakland. The proprietress of a rooming-house at that address identified the defendant, Joseph Barnes, as the person who came to her house on that date, gave his name as Henry Gail, and requested her to hold mail coming to that address under the name of Henry Gail.

Immediately following the…