Anderson v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary for the offense of forgery, it being alleged that he forged the name of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Emma Parker, to a check in the sum of sixty dollars, dated March 26, 1941.

Only one question is presented on the appeal. The indictment alleged the check in haec verba. When the check was introduced in evidence it contained, in addition to the things alleged in the indictment, the following printed memorandum: “When written in ink this check is insured • against fraudulent alteration. The bank is not responsible for…