Bradshaw v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with a violation of the hot check law, and upon his conviction, he was awarded a penalty of seven months in the county jail.

The facts show that on January 25, 1950, appellant purchased $1.00 worth of gasoline from S. A. Lambert at his filling station at Pettit, a town near Levelland, in Hockley County. Appellant executed a check in writing for the sum of $6.00 payable to Lambert, thus paying for the gasoline and receiving in return for said check the further sum of $5.00 in cash. This check was drawn on the First National Bank of Levelland, Texas, at which…