Huckaby v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
There is an agreement in this case that the facts proven upon the trial will warrant a conviction, provided the instrument upon which the forgery is alleged is the subject of forgery; the appellant contending that the said instrument being a will was written during the lifetime of the testator or declarant, and’ further that the law providing for the execution of wills requires that the will must be duly admitted to probate, etc., before it can have any legal effect.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of uttering or passing as true a forged instrument in writing, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.
Appellant made a motion to quash the indictment on several grounds, which was overruled by the court. In order to present the matter, we will set out the charging part of the second count, under which appellant was convicted, to wit: That Henry Huckaby, on or about October 21, 1898, “did then and there unlawfully and knowinngly and fraudulently have in his possession, with intent to use and pass the…
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- Womble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
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