Roberts v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

— Offense, the unlawful possession of a forged instrument with the intent to pass the same as true; penalty, three years in the penitentiary.

No statement of facts or bills of exception appear in the record.

It is convincingly argued in a brief on file that the indictment exhibited in the transcript is insufficient to charge an offense. The prosecution was under Art. 998, P. C. (1925), which reads as follows:

“If any person shall knowingly have in his possession any instrument of writing, the making of which is by law an offense, with intent to use or pass the same as true, he…