Jessup v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

The indictment contains two counts. The first count charges forgery, and the second charges appellant with uttering and passing said forged instrument. Appellant was convicted under the second count, and given five years in the penitentiary.

Appellant assigns a number of errors, but in the view we take of the case it is only necessary to consider the assignment which raises the question of venue, and goes to the jurisdiction of the court which tried the case. This prosecution was in the Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas. The evidence shows without controversy…