Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 21, 1908No. 4081PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. W. B. Hopkins. Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in the District Court of ¡Nueces County on a charge of forgery, the allegation being, in substance, that he 'had forged a check for the sum of $5 on the Corpus Christi ¡National Bank. On trial the appellant was found guilty and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

We gather from the record that appellant was not defended by counsel on the original hearing. ¡No motion for a new trial was filed until five days after the verdict of guilty was returned against him. The judgment of guilty bears- date December 12, 1907; the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. MooreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  2. Arsola v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
  4. Raines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  5. State of Texas v. Moore, BillyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

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