Decherd v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for forgery of a vendor’s lien note, with punishment fixed at six years in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleges that with intent to injure and defraud appellant forged a vendor’s lien note for §1,250.00 which purported to have been executed by Henry Dannelly payable to Geo. T. Vickers in part payment for Lot 6, in Block No. 1 of R. B. Parks Subdivision of Block 1405 in the City of Dallas; it further alleges that the forged instrument related to and affected an interest in land in the State of Texas, and if true would have affected the title to land.

The…