Schley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Distriot Court of Coryell. Tried below before the Hon. J. H. Arnold. Appeal from a conviction of perjury; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. On question of reproduction of testimony: Freeman v. State, 43 Texas Crim. Rep., 580. On question of insufficiency of the indietment; Brooks v. State, 16 S. W. Rep., 542.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of perjury, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
A brief summary of the 'State’s evidence discloses that Ashford and Smith were in the town of Gatesville on Saturdajr, the 5th of the month, and while there passed two forged cheeks made payable to Preston, signed by McMordie. Mc-Mordie is sheriff of the county. They were strangers in the town, therefore the question of identity became one of more or less importance. The State’s ease was that they were acting together in passing the checks, one on Greenburg and the…
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