Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-12-12 | Page 18 | 1 Sentenced, 1 in Jail on Bad Check Passing Charges

1 Sentenced 1 in in Jail on Bad Check Pass Passing ng Charges ar es PROVO Dec 12 Two 12 Two bad check artists charged with cashing checks ll on Provo merchants were er arraigned ned In fn the pr o city court on tho the charges char s Thurs Thurs- day Martin E E. Curtis of at Provo was arraigned on a J. J char charge chargo o of at Issuing Issuing-a forse I heck to the John Schramm son dru store He was given until Friday to slate if It ho preliminary pre- pre h hearing Gillian Milian Straw was app appointed by Judge Harding to le- le tend fend him Ball Bali was fb fixed d' d at Curtis was waa arrested b by Deputy Sheriffs Ira Hacker and Martin BIRK SENTENCED C. C R R. BIrk of oft S Salt Lake Lak was sentenced nce to serve sene thirty days day In Inthe the co county nt Jail w whets when n he pleaded plead plead- ed d guilty to a a. charge of at Issuing checks when arraigned arral ned in the city court ourt Tt Thursday after after- noon BIrk was arrested W Wednesday afternoon Murray on request request a of tho o Provo city offIcers city officers and was re returned returned re- re turned t to Provo by Chief of at Police Otto Olto Birk and Officer L. L C. C Davis FACES FACE OTH OTHER R CHARGES Birk Is charged with Issuing fraudulent checks outto mado himself himself him him- self and drawn on tho I s National Na- Na ional Bank In halt Bait S lt Lake lie Tie cashed lied checks at tho Hedquist Drug DrUI aloro loro In Provo o and at tho the J JV C Ci C. pe Pennon noy company company Police Pollee officers reported that Birk Dirk was living in Salt Salt- Lake havin moved there from Tacoma Wash and came camo to Provo Wednesday where be cashed th the i checks Chief r Birk said ld that k Bh-k Is facing fac- fac In ing similar charges CharS 8 in Salt Lake and Tacoma