diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9491d83a0..bee39267f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -956,13 +956,26 @@ bool CheckTransaction(const CTransaction& tx, CValidationState &state)
                 return state.DoS(10, error("CheckTransaction(): prevout is null"),
                                  REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-prevout-null");
 
+        // TODO: #966.
+        if (tx.vpour.size() > 0) {
+            static const uint256 one(uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"));
+            // Empty output script.
+            CScript scriptCode;
+            uint256 dataToBeSigned = SignatureHash(scriptCode, tx, NOT_AN_INPUT, SIGHASH_ALL);
+            if (dataToBeSigned == one) {
+                return state.DoS(100, error("CheckTransaction(): error computing signature hash"),
+                                REJECT_INVALID, "error-computing-signature-hash");
+            }
+
+            // Add the signature
+            tx.joinSplitPubKey.Verify(dataToBeSigned, tx.joinSplitSig);
+        }
+
         // Ensure that zk-SNARKs verify
 
         if (state.PerformPourVerification()) {
             BOOST_FOREACH(const CPourTx &pour, tx.vpour) {
-                // TODO: #808
-                uint256 pubKeyHash;
-
+                uint256 pubKeyHash = tx.joinSplitPubKey.GetZcashHash();
                 if (!pour.Verify(*pzcashParams, pubKeyHash)) {
                     return state.DoS(100, error("CheckTransaction(): pour does not verify"),
                                      REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-pour-verification-failed");
diff --git a/src/pubkey.h b/src/pubkey.h
index bee4dd991..ed0de8d63 100644
--- a/src/pubkey.h
+++ b/src/pubkey.h
@@ -251,13 +251,12 @@ public:
         return hash;
     }
 
-    // TODO: implement this to verify the shorter kind of signature
-    // TODO: make sure to check the s value thing etc.
-    // TODO: this used to have "const" at  the end, what does that mean??
-    bool Verify(const uint256& hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig)
+    bool Verify(const uint256& hash, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchSig) const
     {
-        // TODO implement signature verification.
-        return false;
+        // TODO: make sure to check the s < 0xffff.... value thing etc.
+        // TODO: use compact signatures (maybe just use the secp256k1 API
+        // instead of these classes).
+        return pubKey.Verify(hash, vchSig);
     }
 
 };
diff --git a/src/script/interpreter.cpp b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
index 209642d98..ae3fbd43a 100644
--- a/src/script/interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
@@ -1083,7 +1083,9 @@ public:
             // to the transaction.
             //
             ::Serialize(s, txTo.vpour, nType, nVersion);
-            ::Serialize(s, txTo.joinSplitPubKey, nType, nVersion);
+            if (txTo.vpour.size() > 0) {
+                ::Serialize(s, txTo.joinSplitPubKey, nType, nVersion);
+            }
         }
     }
 };
@@ -1093,7 +1095,7 @@ public:
 uint256 SignatureHash(const CScript& scriptCode, const CTransaction& txTo, unsigned int nIn, int nHashType)
 {
     static const uint256 one(uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"));
-    if (nIn >= txTo.vin.size()) {
+    if (nIn >= txTo.vin.size() && nIn != NOT_AN_INPUT) {
         //  nIn out of range
         return one;
     }
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 946199a52..2e7d9a0a3 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2682,7 +2682,7 @@ Value zc_raw_pour(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp)
     }
 
     // Add the signature
-    joinSplitPrivKey.SignCompact(dataToBeSigned, mtx.joinSplitSig);
+    joinSplitPrivKey.Sign(dataToBeSigned, mtx.joinSplitSig);
 
     CTransaction rawTx(mtx);