Landrum v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the forgery of an indorsement on a check, and his punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The charging part of the indictment avers that appellant did— “* * * without lawful authority, and with the intent to injure and defraud, wilfully and fraudulently make a false instrument in writing purporting to be the act of another, to-wit: the act of E. L. Henry, which said instrument to the tenor following: “San Augustine, Texas,________________________192-------- --------No-------“Silsbee State Bank of Silsbee, Texas. “Pay to Cash…