Womble v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of attempting to pass as true an alleged forged instrument in writing, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years, and he prosecutes this appeal.

Motion was made to quash the indictment in the court below, on the ground: “First, because it charges no offense against the statute; second, the same is insufficient, because it does not allege that said false instrument would have incurred, diminished, discharged, or defeated any pecuniary obligation, or in any manner have affected any property whatever; third, the…