Gilbert v. State

Hawkins, Judge.

The conviction is for passing a forged instrument; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary Tor life.

The indictment alleged that the appellant on or about the 5th day of December, A. D., 1935, “did knowingly and fraudulently pass as true to John B. Farris a forged instrument in writing,” namely; a check for $44.00 dated December 5, 1935, payable to J. A. Pearson, drawn on the Union National Bank of Houston, Texas, and purported to have been signed by O. E. Seomon, Treasurer, and J. M. Hays, Assistant Treasurer of the Humble Oil & Refining Company.

The indictment also…