Schnellbacher v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is forgery; the punishment, 5 years.

The indictment alleged the forgery of a cashier’s check in the sum of $666.67, dated November 22, 1960, drawn in favor of Benjamin Shelton, by writing on the back the name of the payee so as to make it appear as an endorsement of said check. ¡

The evidence shows that the appellant was attorney for the administrator and had joint control of funds of the estate of Mary H. Hogan, deceased.

Benjamin Shelton was an heir who was entitled to one twenty-fourth of the estate.

On November 22, 1960, thirty-six cashier’s checks…