Lasher v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Webb. Tried below before Hon. A. L. McLaine. Appellant was indicted for and convicted of forgery, the punishment denounced against him by the verdict and judgment being two years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Webb. Tried below before Hon. A. L. McLaine. Appellant was indicted for and convicted of forgery, the punishment denounced against him by the verdict and judgment being two years in the penitentiary. The evidence shows that defendant was a soldier in the United States Army, on duty in Fort McIntosh, which fort was situated in Webb County, Texas, but the lands upon which said fort was situated had been previously ceded under the laws of Texas to the United States government for the purposes of a military post or fort. The evidence adduced at the trial further…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of forgery. .It is shown by the record that at the time of the alleged commission of the offense appellant was a soldier in the United States Army, and the offense, if committed by him, was committed in Fort McIntosh, a *388military post occupied by the United States troops in the county of Webb, State of Texas.
On the trial defendant offered evidence to establish the fact that the land upon which Fort McIntosh was situated had been legally ceded by the State of Texas to the United States government under the provisions of title 15, chapter 1, and…
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