Brown v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for attempting to pass a forged instrument, with punishment assessed at three years and fifteen days in the penitentiary.

The instrument which was the subject of this prosecution was a treasury warrant drawn upon thé treasurer of this state by the Comptroller of Public Accounts in the sum of $40, payable to the order of Frank Booker out of the Unemployment *31Compensation Benefit account. The alleged forgery was predicated upon the forged endorsement of Frank Booker on the back of the warrant.

It is contended that there is a fatal variance between the purport…