Dunlap v. State

332 S.W.2d 727 (1960)

Elmer J. DUNLAP, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 31442.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 10, 1960.

A. Jack Garey, Austin, for appellant.

Les Procter, Dist. Atty., David S. McAngus, Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is forgery; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 63 P.C., life.

The indictment alleged that Elmer J. Dunlap, with intent to injure and defraud, made a false instrument in writing purporting to be the act of another. The instrument set out according to its tenor reads:

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