Wilson v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with attempting to pass as true a forged check in writing purporting to be the act of another, and upon conviction, he was given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary.

The testimony is clear that appellant and another endeavored to pass as true a check on the American National Bank of Beaumont, Texas, payable to Amore Goodman, Jr., for the sum of $82.00, and signed by the printed name of “Douglas Hospital Clinic By (in handwriting) Jake Douglas.”

This check was offered in payment of certain groceries purchased from a store in Beaumont, to Miss Perello,…