Haney v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is attempting to pass as true a forged instrument; the punishment, five years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The State’s evidence reflects that on the afternoon of July 22, 1968, the appellant entered the Super Duper Store in Abilene, Texas, selected a few items described as “trash groceries” and then presented to the checker, Randy James, a $63.21 check and requested that it be cashed. The check in question, payable to the appellant, was drawn on the First National Bank of Abilene and signed “M. S. Hester, Building & Repair Co.”

Being…