Hitt v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for knowingly passing as true a forged instrument; the punishment, three years.

Allie Ruth Elley, called as a witness by the state, testified that she was employed by Medallion Stores, on Northwest Highway in the city of Dallas, and worked in the customer service, cashing checks and handling credit. She related that on the afternoon of October S, 1963, the appellant came into the store and presented a check to her to be cashed. The check, introduced in evidence as state’s exhibit #1, was a printed check of the American Sheet Metal Company, of Dallas,…