Pye v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, charged with forgery, and was convicted and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

We have carefully read the record in this case, and it is earnestly insisted that the venue of the offense is not shown to have been in Harris County. Appellant admits he signed the name alleged to the note, but says he wrote the note and signed his name to it in Beaumont, therefore Harris County has no jurisdiction over the offense. The testimony relied upon by the State to show venue in Harris County—that the note was really signed in Harris…