Bobbitt, Alias Bledsoe v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Travis. Tried below before the Honorable George Calhoun. Appeal from a conviction of attempting to pass a false instrument; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Peesiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for attempting to pass as true a false instrument, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
The instrument was not introduced in evidence. The witness Bledsoe, whose name was alleged to be forged to the check or instrument declared upon, testified that appellant worked for him on two different occasions. The record recites “(Here witness is requested to and does examine the check that is alleged to have been forged.) I have seen that -check before. The signature to it is not mine. I did not authorize the…
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