Carlisle v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is forgery; the punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

Appellant was charged by indictment with forging a certificate of the County Clerk of Montgomery County to a purported deed of conveyance of real estate. The indictment contains several counts. Appellant was convicted under the first count which set forth the alleged forged certificate in haec verba with the exception that a circle was drawn with the word “Seal” therein, instead of actually impressing the alleged forged seal on the indictment. Appellant takes the…