Weber v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Davidson. Appeal from a conviction of forging a deed; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case,.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, PRESIDING Judge.
Appellant was convicted of forging a deed and was assessed the lowest punishment. There is neither a bill of exceptions nor statement of facts. The indictment and prosecution was under article 947, Penal Code, which was quoted in full in Thompson v. State, 69 Texas Crim. Rep., 32, 152 S. W. Rep., 893.
After the necessary preliminary allegations, the indictment alleges that appellant on or about March 12, 1915, in Jefferson County, Texas, “did then and there without lawful authority and with intent to injure and defraud and defraud, wilfully and fraudulently did…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Hardin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
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- Decherd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1926