Strang v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appellant was charged by indictment with knowingly and fraudulently passing as true a forged instrument in writing. The charging part of the indictment is as follows, viz.: “ Did then and there willfully, knowingly, and fraudulently pass as true, to R. L. McCauley, a forged instrument in writing, to the tenor following: “No. 8. Sweetwater, Texas, Feb. 16, 1889. “ Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers: “ Pay to A. Rawlins — order eighty-five dollars. “$85.00. R. W. Millsap.”
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Appellant was charged by indictment with knowingly and fraudulently passing as true a forged instrument in writing. The charging part of the indictment is as follows, viz.: “ Did then and there willfully, knowingly, and fraudulently pass as true, to R. L. McCauley, a forged instrument in writing, to the tenor following: “No. 8. Sweetwater, Texas, Feb. 16, 1889. “ Thomas Trammell & Co., Bankers: “ Pay to A. Rawlins — order eighty-five dollars. “$85.00. R. W. Millsap.” “ Endorsed on the back thereof‘A. Rawlins,’ which endorsement, to-wit, ‘A. Rawlins,’ on the back of said instrument, the said…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of passing a forged instrument, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary,, from which he appeals.
The appellant complains, that the court erred in not sustaining his motion to quash the indictment, on the ground that the indictment in one portion described the instrument as “forged,” and in another portion of said indictment charged that appellant knew the endorsement was forged. The court did not err. The name of the payee endorsed on the back of the check, payable to order, would, had it been genuine, have made the check negotiable…
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