Fite v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of forgery; hence, this appeal. Appellant was charged with forging an instrument purporting to he a contract between “The L. B. Price Co.” and “Andrew Arlow, in regard to an album. It is alleged that the instrument purports to be the act of “Mr. Andrew Arlow.” The tenor clause of the indictment sets out the instrument or contract in ha3c verba, as having been signed by L. B. Price & Co. and Andrew Arlow. There is a direct conflict between the tenor and purport clauses of the indictment. The purport clause alleges the act to be the act of Andrew Arlow,…