Thompson v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of forgery and his penalty fixed at six years in the penitentiary.

There is no statement of facts or bill of exceptions in the record. There is but one question raised which we can consider in the absence of a statement of facts, and that is the sufficiency of that count of the indictment under which appellant was convicted. There were two counts. Both were submitted under the charge of the court, but the jury acquitted the appellant under the first.

The statute is as follows: “Article 947. Every person who falsely makes, alters, forges or…