He has a full remedy at civil law, and if the bank refuses to pay no crime has been committed.

This is not a case for the penal law." "That seems reasonable," said the judge, turning to the other.
"How do you make this out a crime?
What false pretence is there in merely inviting another to cash a check ?" "Why," answered the attorney, "if I ask you to cash a check for me, do I not represent that I have a right to draw upon the bank for the amount set forth?
If not, no one would ever cash a check.
The innocent person who advances the money has the right to assume that the borrower is not offering him a bad check.

There is a tacit representation that the check is good or that the maker has funds in the bank to meet it." "True--true!" nodded his Honor.

"There is something in what you say.

What answer can you make to that, Brother Gottlieb ?" "I have a hundred good arguments," replied the lawyer in a low tone.