Escue v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for passing a forged instrument, punishment three years in the penitentiary.

The statement of facts in this case is unusual. It does not represent the witnesses as speaking in the first person but speaks of them throughout in the third person, and is confusing to us.

Appellant was convicted of passing a check signed John W. Clark and drawn on The First National Bank of Austin, Texas, payable to the appellant or bearer, in the sum of §20.00, and endorsed on the back by appellant. Mr. Hart testified that in September, 1925, appellant passed said check to him, telling…