Carter v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is attempting to pass a forged instrument; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The instrument upon which the conviction is predicated purports to be a receipt for the sum of Twenty Dollars paid by a certain bank. The instrument is signed J. W. Carter, which is the same name as that of the appellant. There are no innuendo averments in the indictments showing how the instrument is a forgery by being signed by the appellant.

*278It seems to be a rule of law that in indictments for forgery where the alleged forged instrument bears the…