Sheffield v. State

*363The trial court did not err in permitting Doris Sayles to testify that she was a notary public in and for McCulloch County, Texas.

Woodson v. State, 24 Texas Cr. Rep. 153, 6 S.W. 184, cited by the state, is direct authority for holding that her testimony was not inadmissible under the best evidence rule, there being no issue between her and the public as to her status as a notary public.

Doris Sayles testified upon an issue between appellant and the State and freely admitted that she made the false certificate as a notary public.

It is true that this was an essential element of the offense…