Johnson v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant was indicted and convicted of forging a cheek for $9.50 on the Stone Fort National Bank of Nacogdoches purporting to be drawn by Bobert Berger in favor of George Whitker. The check was forged. Appellant obtained a blank check on the' Stone Fort National Bank from a witness. He gave a negro boy what the latter described as a note or paper, and told him to take it to the drug store-of Mr. Stripling and told the boy to bring him the money back and he would give him a quarter. The boy took the check to the drug store and Mr. Stripling, before cashing it, required the boy…