Garrett v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for attempting to pass as true a forged instrument. Punishment was fixed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant was indicted in February, 1919. It appears that prior to the indictment being returned he had been arrested upon complaint. Appellant claims that he consulted K. W. Stephenson and gave him all the facts of his case and employed said Stephenson to represent him. He says no definite fee was agreed upon, but that he hauled to Mr. Stephenson’s barn six bushels of corn in part payment on the fee, and that Mr. Stephenson told him there would be…