Lucas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Johnson. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. Appeal from a conviction for forgery by altering or raising a bank check; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Conviction for forgery, in altering or raising a check drawn by W. B. Tarter and L. J. Pipes on the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Cleburne, Texas. This indictment was drawn under article 431, Penal Code. The forgery consisted in changing the following check:
"No. -.
“Farmers and Merchants National Bank,
“Cleburne, Texas, March 21, 1893.
“Pay to M. B. Lucas or bearer $20.
Twenty.............................Dollars.
“W. B. Tarter and L. J. Pipes.”
The check was changed or raised so as to make “$20” read “$25,” and “Twenty Dollars” “Twenty-five Dollars.”
A motion was made to…
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