STATE v. KLEEN

No. 56968.

481 S.W.2d 229 (1972)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Wendell KLEEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

June 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Lynn M. Ewing, Jr. and Gerald D. McBeth, Ewing, Ewing, Carter, Wight, Woodfill & Middleton, Nevada, for appellant.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

Wendell Kleen was charged with obtaining property by means of a check drawn, with intent to defraud, on a bank in which he knew he had no funds. § 561.450, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. A jury found defendant guilty and assessed a punishment of a fine of $1,000.

Wendell Kleen, a resident of Nevada, Missouri, was in the business of buying and selling grain. His practice was to sign checks in blank and give them to truck drivers in his employment...

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