Roberts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bee. Tried below before the Hon. F. G. Chambliss, judge. Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. (Copy of Indictment) IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bee. Tried below before the Hon. F. G. Chambliss, judge. Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. (Copy of Indictment) IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The Grand Jurors for the County of Brooks, State of Texas, duly selected and empannelled and organized as such, at the October Term, A. D., 1916, of the District Court for said County, upon their oaths in said Court present” that C. W. Roberts, on or about the 9th day of December, A. D. One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twelve, and anterior…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This conviction was for forgery-under Article 947, Branch’s Ann. P. C., p. 882.
This article provides, as applicable to this particular indictment, that any person who in any way aids, assists, advises, or encourages the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting of any certificate, filed notes, returns, survey, map, plat, report, order, decree, record, patent, deed, power of attorney, transfer, assignment, release, conveyance, or title paper, or acknowledgment, or proof of record, or certificate or record belonging to or pertaining to any instrument or paper,…
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