Legal Opinion

Ratcliff v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 13, 1890No. 3621PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Smith. Tried below before Hon. F. J. McCord. The opinion sufficiently discloses the case. The penalty assessed by the verdict was a term of seven years in the penitentiary.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for forgery. There is in the record a statement of facts agreed to by the counsel in the case and duly certified by the trial judge. It appears from said statement that upon the trial the alleged forged instrument and a certain letter and postal card were read in evidence by the State, but said written instruments were not set forth in said statement. It was left for the clerk to copy said instruments into the statement when he should prepare the transcript, but he did not do so.

The Assistant Attorney-General moves to amend said statement of facts by filing…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1924
  3. Ledesma v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Ledesma v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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