Hepworth v. State

Morrow, Presiding Judge.

The offense is passing a forged instrument; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The State’s witness, S. G. Niekirk, testified that he was a clerk at the Kilgore Hotel in the city of Kilgore, Texas; and was so employed on February 16, 1937. Appellant came to the hotel in company with a lady and registered under the name of Luke Henderson. The appellant presented to the witness in payment of the hotel room a cashier’s check for the sum of $25.00 drawn on the Guarantee Bank and Trust Company of Houston, Texas. Appellant indorsed the check in…