Wood v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for passing as true a forged instrument; the punishment, five years.

The record reflects that appellant presented and passed to John W. Copeland, store manager of a Tom Thumb Store in Garland, a check as follows:

A picture of appellant and the check was made at the store when she cashed the check. There was no account under the name of Mrs. Joyce Felts at the bank upon which the check was drawn.

In the first ground of error, it is contended that the trial court erred in refusing a requested charge that the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that…