Moore

In a jury trial, Verda Marie Moore was found guilty of three offenses of issuing checks without sufficient funds. (Pen. Code, § 476a.) She appeals from the judgment and the denial of her motion for new trial.

Appellant operated a television repair business under a fictitious firm name and maintained a bank account in the name of the firm. Each of the three checks was in the amount of $75 and was payable to appellant. At her direction the checks were made out by the bookkeeper and appellant signed and negotiated them, receiving from retail merchants various *79 items of merchandise and the balance in cash. The checks were dishonored by the bank and were still unpaid at the time of trial, more than six months later, although appellant testified that she had offered to make them good. Appellant also testified that she did not know there were insufficient funds in the account to pay the checks and that she had been willing to do so at any time. However, it was brought out upon her cross-examination that she had never looked at the bank statements and that following her arrest in the present case, she cashed 12 other checks which were dishonored and never paid. There was also evidence…