Thornley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
It is charged in the indictment, that Perry F. Thornley did “unlawfully, knowingly and fraudulently pass as true to J. Lee Bryan a forged instrument in writing, and which instrument, in writing, is in the possession or power of the said Perry F. Thornley, or is lost or destroyed, and is not within the reach of the process of the court, and is not accessible to the grand jury, and which said instrument is in substance as follows, viz: ‘Dallas, Texas, 5-7, 1895..
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It is charged in the indictment, that Perry F. Thornley did “unlawfully, knowingly and fraudulently pass as true to J. Lee Bryan a forged instrument in writing, and which instrument, in writing, is in the possession or power of the said Perry F. Thornley, or is lost or destroyed, and is not within the reach of the process of the court, and is not accessible to the grand jury, and which said instrument is in substance as follows, viz: ‘Dallas, Texas, 5-7, 1895.. No. 103. ‘National Exchange Bank of Dallas. ‘Pay to Perry F. Thornley (M. M. Co.), or bearer, $23.50-100, twenty-three 50-100…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Conviction for passing a forged instrument. Punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary. It appears, from the record, that the appellant was tried for-forging the instrument in question on the 24th day of June, 1895, in the Forty-eighth Judicial District Court (Tarrant County). At that .time the instrument alleged to have been forged was in the possession of the father of the appellant, and was used upon the trial of the forgery case. After that trial, the father left Texas, and went to South Carolina, carrying with him the forged instrument. The…
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