Jacobs v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before. Hon. A. C. Allen. Appeal from a conviction under an indictment which charged both forgery and uttering a forged instrument; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before. Hon. A. C. Allen. Appeal from a conviction under an indictment which charged both forgery and uttering a forged instrument; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The instrument charged to have been forged and uttered reads as follows, viz: “$500. Houston, Texas, Oct. 19th, 1897. For value received, four months after date, I promise to pay to the order of myself at Houston, Texas (grace waived) five hundred dollars in U. S. gold coin of the present standard weight and fineness, with interest at the rate of 10…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted under an indictment charging forgery and uttering a forged instrument. The charge of the court submitted both counts, and the verdict of the jury was as follows: “We, the jury, find defendant guilty, and assess his punishment in the State penitentiary for two years. [Signed] Geo. C. Davis, Foreman.” The judgment recites the court adjudged defend- and “guilty of the offense as found by the jury.” The final sentence of the court states: “It is the order of the court that defendant, Sol Jacobs, who has been adjudged guilty of the offense as found by the…
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