Reynolds v. State

BETHEA, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the offense of forgery, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of four years.

The instrument set out as the basis for the prosecution was a check on the First National Bank of Dallas for §35, naming John Sellers as payee, and purporting to be the act of one E. M. Marshall. The state showed by circumstances that the signature was forged, introducing the witness, Allan F. Marshall, who was a member of the firm of Joplin & Marshall, contractors, a resident of Dallas, who testified he did not know E. M. Marshall, and…