Harris v. State

*144MORRISON, Presiding Judge

The offense is passing as true a forged instrument; the punishment two years.

Mary Bailey, an employee of Weingarten’s store in Houston, testified that appellant came to her booth on December 20, 1957, presented a courtesy card numbered EE 1098 bearing a “Florence W. Cox” signature and also a $50.00 check bearing a “Florence W. Cox” signature, with the address 510 Bremond written under the name, and that she compared the signatures, consulted her files, and cashed the check for the appellant.

It was shown by other testimony that the bank on which the check was drawn had…