Griffin v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of obtaining property by false pretense and the Court sentenced him to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Throughout the trial proceedings appellant was rep-resénted by court-appointed counsel and at arraignment he pleaded not guilty. After sentence was imposed appellant gave notice of appeal and was furnished a free transcript. Trial counsel was appointed to represent appellant on appeal.

Omitting the formal parts the indictment reads as follows:

“The grand jury of said county charge that, before the finding of this indictment,…