State v. McDonald

Citations

• 116 Wash. 668
• 200 P. 326
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 983

Syllabus

<p>Foegery (7)—Evidence—Admissibility. In a prosecution for forgery, written instruments signed by defendant, which were in no way connected with the crime charged, were properly introducible in evidence for the purpose of comparing her signatures with the alleged forgery.</p> <p>■Criminal Law (448)—Appeal—Harmless Eebor—Admission of Evidence. Evidence that a check, the indorsement upon which was alleged to be forged, was presented by defendant’s sister in payment for goods at a store, conceding its inadmissibility as failing to connect defendant with the crime, would not constitute prejudicial error.</p> <p>Same (107)—Evidence—Other Offenses. Testimony connecting a defendant with another and distinct crime is admissible, if it is closely associated with the crime charged and furnishes evidence material to that crime.</p> <p>Same (107). In a prosecution for forgery by the indorsement of payee’s name on a check, it was admissible to show in evidence that the check had been given to a certain man for delivery to the payee; that the check was in his possession when he visited defendant in her apartment; that this man was killed while in defendant’s rooms and his body buried some distance from the city; and that, upon disinterment of his body, the check was not upon his person although other personal articles were found there; such evidence being relevant for the purpose of showing how defendant might have become possessed of the check, though having a tendency to indirectly connect her with another crime.</p>