Noblitt v. State

Conviction is ■ for swindling; the’punishment being confinement in the penitentiary for- a term of three years.

The charge was that appellant had secured from C. D. Lester, an officer of the Hirst National Bank of Canyon, Tex., $50 in payment of a check for that amount drawn against the Hirst National Bank of Lamesa, Tex., by appellant; it being alleged that he did not have with the Lamesa bank sufficient funds to pay said check, and had no good reason to believe it would be paid when presented in the ordinary course of business.

The facts developed that appellant was told by Lester that he…