Ellerd v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was charged by indictment in the District Court of Childress County with the offense of having in his possession a forged instrument with the intent to use and pass the same as true. It is also alleged that appellant had been previously convicted in Baylor County on the 8th day of September, A. D., 1937, for an offense of like character, to-wit, the offense of forgery. Evidence was submitted properly authorizing the jury to return the verdict complained of finding him guilty as charged in the indictment. The court then pronounced sentence fixing the penalty at five…