Crouch v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of forgery and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The indictment contained two counts: one charging forgery of the name of the agent of the railway company to a bill of lading; the other passing a forged instrument. The substantial averments in the indictment are as follows: “That J. C. Crouch in said county and State on or about the 6th day of April, 1915, did without lawful authority, and with intent to injure and defraud make a false instrument in writing, purporting to be the act of one J. W. Shields, as the duly…