Shores v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The State proved that defendant passed the alleged forged check and was identified by the cashier of the bank; that the alleged signer of the check gave him no authority to execute the check in her name. The defendant attempted to show that the cheek was passed by some one else and that he was not the person that passed it on the cashier.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of passing a forged instrument, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
The indictment alleged that appellant forged the name of Mrs. J. H. Grigg to a check. The proof showed that the name of the witness was Mrs. J. H. Griggs, and appellant moved to exclude the testimony on account of the variance ir the proof and the allegation. This court has held adversely to appellant’s contention. (Williams v. State, 5 Texas Crim. App., 226; Sawyers v. State, 48 S. W. Rep., 512, and cases cited in section 626 of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
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