Lovejoy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
On the 26th day of August, 1898, R. E. Lovejoy was indicted by the grand jury of Bosque County in two counts, one charging forgery, and the other count charging that he knowingly and fraudulently passed as true a forged instrument.
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On the 26th day of August, 1898, R. E. Lovejoy was indicted by the grand jury of Bosque County in two counts, one charging forgery, and the other count charging that he knowingly and fraudulently passed as true a forged instrument. The first count charges the forgery by the alteration of a genuine instrument then already in existence which had been made by J. W. Winters and F. B. Winters, and which before being altered was of the tenor following: “$300.00 Hico, Texas, Nov. 2, 1896. “No.-. Due-. “On or before Nov. 2, 1897, after date, without grace, for value received, I, we, or either of us,…
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of forgery, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years; hence this appeal.
The forgery declared is alleged to consist in fraudulently and without' lawful authority altering a certain promissory note, in the sum of $300, signed by J. W. Winters and F. B. Winters, by adding thereto the names of J. T. Wade and T. B. Johnson. Appellant contends that the State failed to prove that said note was originally signed, as alleged, by J. W. Winters and F. B. Winters. We have examined the record carefully in this regard,…
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