Parvin v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Conviction is for forgery, punishment assessed being two years in the penitentiary.

It was charged in the indictment that on August 15th, 1936, appellant forged a check for $20.00 drawn against the Commercial State Bank of .Nacogdoches, Texas, payable to W. R. Bowdon, and signed “J. E. Bailey, Jr.”

The facts may be stated as follows: Bowdon was in the jewelry business in Nacogdoches. On the date mentioned in the check at about eight o’clock Saturday night appellant went into Bowdon’s place of business and negotiated for a ring, the price of which amounted to $20.00. Appellant…