Crum v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is passing a worthless check in violation of Article 567b, V.A.P.C. (as amended 1963), a felony; the punishment, two years.

Appellant represented himself to the injured party, an amateur coin collector, as the heir to an eleven million dollar estate and purchased from said collector a set of “piece dollars”, giving him a check in the sum of $325.00. The check was presented to the bank on which it was drawn and was not honored. It had not been paid at the time of the trial more than a year later, and the “dollars” had not been returned, though the injured…