Black v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of McLennan. Tried below before Hon. Sam R Scott. Appeal from a conviction of forgery by alteration of a receipt; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Defendant’s motion to quash the indictment, because it charged no offense against the laws of the State, was overruled. No further statement required.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of forgery, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
The only question necessary to be considered is the validity of the indictment. The indictment was for forgery, by altering the following receipt: “Received from Lon Black twenty-five dollars, payment on S. P. Tiner note, Oct. 21st, ’98. [Signed] Winston & Higginson.” The alleged alteration consisted in changing “twenty-five” to “fifty,” so as to make the receipt for “fifty dollars.” There are no explanatory averments showing how said receipt would affect or discharge…
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