Morgan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas No. 2. Tried helow before the Hon. O. A. Pippin. Appeal from a conviction of passing a forged instrument; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Judge.
The conviction is for passing- a forged instrument, viz: a check for $431 drawn in favor of Eoy Evans, December 28, 1916, on the National Bank of Commerce of Dallas, signed Paul Agnew.
The facts show that this cheek, endorsed Paul Agnew, Eoy Evans and Benton Morgan, was deposited by the appellant to his own credit in the National Bank of Commerce at Dallas on January 3, 1917; that he had not previously had an account with said bank; that during the month of January he drew cheeks against the account, on which he had made no further deposits, which checks left to his credit about…
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