Kuykendall v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Sec. 2 of Art. 567b, Vernon’s P. C., is that section of the so-called hot check law which makes unlawful the giving of a worthless check, with intent to defraud, in payment of a preexisting debt.

This conviction is under that statute; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

Among other things, this statute makes it unlawful for any person, with intent to defraud, to pay a pre-existing debt by the giving or drawing of a draft without, at the time, having sufficient funds with the drawee of the draft to pay the same and all other checks and drafts outstanding against such…