11.   At that time Abbott, who had spent most of his life in prison, was finishing sentences for passing bad checks and killing another inmate.

12.   Because it takes banks a certain amount of time to account for bad checks, Sample had time to spend money, Boone said.

13.   Bintliff does a thorough job of covering everything from how to choose the right high-tech security devices to how to avoid bad checks and shoplifting.

14.   After he and Sante Kimes met, investigators arrested the Kimeses on a Utah warrant accusing them of buying a car with a bad check.

15.   Chung Tae Soo, Hanbo founder and chairman, was arrested yesterday for allegedly having written bad checks.

16.   Chung was arrested last week for writing bad checks.

17.   Despite inherent inequities in the handling of ill-fated check deposits, the practice of writing bad checks is increasing in L.A. County.

18.   Essentially, they were writing a furious circle of bad checks, each one covering the last.

19.   Every time he sticks me with a pin I stick him with a bad check. . . .

20.   For example, a merchant could use it to track customers who had passed bad checks.