New Laws Are Stricter
Check Bouncers Have Rough Time
By Jerry Kern
Student check bouncers have been having a tough time in recent years, partly because the Kansas check law has been tightened.
Before, if the guilty person made restitution, charges had to be dropped. The law now makes it clear that there will be no need to place false confidence in a written order for a bank to pay.
The law on insufficient fund checks states that any person who
is to offset the insurance rate and the general cost of keeping money on hand.
"We receive a relatively small amount of bad checks. Most of them occur within a limited range. There are those students who have difficulty with their finances — accounting problems. But these offer no collection difficulty, and are prompt to settle up. Then there are others who know
they have insufficient funds. Still others are just plain careless. It doesn't bother them. There is just a lack of concern. Students create a special credit problem, not because they cause more trouble, but because it is usually more difficult to collect from them," Stoner said.
laws are so restrictive. The majority of student checks which bounce are not intentional. It is often the simple matter of getting the wrong address of the bank, or some one making a late deposit back home. The whole country is moving toward a credit system. I think the student is nearer today than ever before to having his credit recognized—especially in the University."
"Only a small segment is causing most of the harm." Stoner added. "This is why the check
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is aware of insufficient funds or credit at his bank upon presentation of a check shall be deemed guilty of a crime. If the amount is less than $50, the crime is a misdemeanor, and the person can be fined $25 to $100 or sentenced to 30 days to one year in jail or both. If a person is guilty of this kind of misdemeanor three times in two years, he can be fined $100 to $500 or sentenced to one to five years in prison or both. If the amount is $50 or more, the crime is a felony, and the person can be fined $100 to $5,000 or sentenced to one to five years in prison or both.
The guilty person is allowed seven days to make restitution after first notice by the payee. Such a notice must be in person and written.
Postdated Checks
No complaint may be filed upon any check which is postdated or which the payee has information that the check did not have sufficient funds. If the payee has furnished information, with intent to defraud, causing a complaint to be filed on a postdated check or a check which the payee knew did not have sufficient funds, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and can be fined $100 to $500 and court costs.
The law also states that every person who falsely represents another to receive money, goods, or services shall upon conviction be punished in the same manner as for feloniously stealing the thing so received.
The law is clear, yet a problem exists because, as mentioned before, many merchants will not prosecute for a small check. Student credit problems are not confined to the Lawrence merchant. The problem is also apparent at the University.
No Student Credit
For example, the Kansas Union Book Store will not carry student credit. The reason for this, explained manager Jim Stoner, is that students are not responsible enough, and most of them are under 21.
The Book Store handles about 800 checks a day. According to Stoner, the Book Store will not cash a check for more than $10 over the purchase price. He pointed out, however, that they will entertain requests for larger amounts. Also, the Book Store, with its policy of no credit to students, is carrying about a dozen student accounts by special request, Stoner said.
"This is not a recent policy, because student credit is not a recent problem. There have been recent discussions on this problem here and elsewhere. Some schools have tried and are trying to offer credit to the student, but none have done so successfully." Stoner said.
Second Party Checks
The Book Store does cash second party checks, but it charges a 10 cent charge for handling.
Stoner explained that this charge
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said that the public thought that he and other attorneys were trying to free the convicted men. "We were simply trying for a new trial," said Jenkins.
Jenkins was appointed in September of 1962 by a Federal Court to challenge the administration of the trial. Thus he was
The Concert Choir will present its annual winter concert at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 16 in the University Theatre under the direction of James Ralston.
Choir To Sing Sunday
"The program will include significant choral music from different eras." Ralston said.
THE DIRECTOR explained that the music to be sung was composed in "small form" as opposed to oratorio—music "you can hold in your hand and sing for five minutes rather than forty-five."
The "Shofar Service" by Herman Berlinski is a work which will be used to usher in the new year, according to Ralston. A ram's horn used in Jewish high holiday services, the Shofar was once used to summon people to important events.
In 'the "Shofar Service," Michael Riley, Columbus senior, will sing the baritone solo, and David Darnell, Plainville senior, and Dennis Anderson, Albuquerque, N.M. freshman, will play the trumpet solos.
involved in a habeas corpus type action which is defined as civil action. In a civil action, if the lawyer is appointed by the Court, he serves without compensation, and also must pay his own expenses.
"I DIDN'T ASK for this case and neither did other lawyers but we were all enriched by the experience and we got experience in how important but weak are our constitutional rights," said Jenkins. The American public still does not understand that our duty as lawyers is to help a man as much as possible, he continued.
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Jenkins said that he felt that poor prosecution, adverse public opinion, a circus atmosphere in the trial, and the amount of publicity by news media influenced the trial.
The poor prosecution and a poor defense coupled with the irregularities in the investigation
provided the elements and the reasons for the numerous appeals. About 36 different types of legal actions, motions and appeals took place in this case, Jenkins said. "But right or wrong, the courts had to draw the line somewhere and they did. I say they were wrong," stated Jenkins.
JENKINS and his fellow attorneys tried every avenue of appeal including appeals to the Governor and the United States Supreme Court but all their efforts were finally stymied. The Clutter murderers, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Smith, were executed at 12:30 a.m., April 14, 1965.
IN MANY CASES of this type you know that the defendant is guilty but you want to save his life. Jenkins continued by saying, "If we didn't have capital punishment, there would be less protracted trials."
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The 1957 KU basketball team, led by All-American Wilt Chamberlain, nearly became the NCAA champions when they lost a triple overtime game in the finals of the tournament to North Carolina University.
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