Jennings v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of attempting to pass a forged instrument, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The case is brought before us for review on only one question we can consider: the validity of the second count in the indictment under which the conviction was had. Omitting the portions not necessary to this issue, the second count is as follows: “And the grand jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, do present that . . . George Jennings, did then and there unlawfully attempt to pass as true to Omer Rider a forged instrument in writing to the…