Hodges v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is swindling. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

There are no bills of exception or objections to the court’s charge; the indictment is sufficient to charge the offense. The only question presented for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. The evidence adduced by the State, briefly stated, shows that on Saturday afternoon of August 28, 1936, appellant and one J. E. Goggan walked into Dr. Hicks office in Conroe and requested a loan of $200. The doctor inquired as to the security they…