Mason v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of De Witt. Tried below before Hon, H. Clay Pleasants. The indictment in this case charged Samuel Harris, alias Edward Holmes, alias Thomas Hunter, and this appellant, Henry Mason, alias James Smith, jointly with uttering as true a forged instrument, in words and figures as follows, viz.: “82000. No. 3906. “ Galveston, Texas, Jan. 9, 1892. “Pay to the order of Samuel Harris 82000—Two Thousand and no-100 Dollars. “W. L. Moody & Co» “To Messrs.
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Appeal from the District Court of De Witt. Tried below before Hon, H. Clay Pleasants. The indictment in this case charged Samuel Harris, alias Edward Holmes, alias Thomas Hunter, and this appellant, Henry Mason, alias James Smith, jointly with uttering as true a forged instrument, in words and figures as follows, viz.: “82000. No. 3906. “ Galveston, Texas, Jan. 9, 1892. “Pay to the order of Samuel Harris 82000—Two Thousand and no-100 Dollars. “W. L. Moody & Co» “To Messrs. Otto Buchel & Co., Cuero, Texas.” When the case was called for trial a severance was granted by the court,, at the…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of uttering a forged draft for $2000, on the bank of Otto Buchel & Co., of Cuero, purporting to be drawn by W. L. Moody & Co., of. Galveston, and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals. There are three questions of error that will be considered.
1. Appellant complains that the court erred in allowing evidence to be introduced of what transpired at Gonzales the day after the uttering of the forged draft in Cuero, for which appellant was being tried. The evidence shows clearly that defendant and one Harris were…
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