Wright v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is an attempt to pass a forged instrument; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years, as defined in article 996, P. C., 1925.

The appellant presented to Harry Johnson, a salesman in *537the store of Katz & Sullivan, in payment of some merchandise, a check for $72.40, purporting to have been drawn upon the United Gas Public Service Company, signed by R. R. Lott, District Cashier, and payable to W. E. Davis. While preparing the goods selected by the appellant, Johnson gave the check to Katz, to whom the appellant represented that his name…