King v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. Irby Dunklin. • Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Ho statement required.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for forgery, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.
The State was permitted to prove by Mrs. Huffmaster that Ghestnutt, appellant’s principal, made a new contract in regard to the piano sub sequent to the alleged forgery, by virtue of which contract Mrs. Huff-master and her husband executed new notes for the purchase price of said piano. Defendant was not present when the new contract was signed. Objections were urged on the ground that he was not present, and that this settlement was an indirect…
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