Black v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of forgery, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two' years.

The charging part of the indictment is, as follows: “* * * That Marvin Black * * * did then and there without lawful authority, and with intent to injure and defraud, did willfully and fraudulently mane a certain false instrument in writing, purporting, to wit: purporting to be the act of M. P. Black, W. F. Black, H. G. Haynes and J. B. Merrell, which said false instrument in writing is lost and destroyed, and can not be described in its exact tenor, but is…