Nunn v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The indictment charged the offense of knowingly passing a forged instrument, and contained aver ments showing that appellant had been twice previously convicted of forgery. Because of repetition of offenses, the penalty assessed was imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. See Art. 63, P. C.

We quote the paragraphs alleging the previous convictions, as follows:

“And the grand jurors aforesaid do further present that prior to the commission of the aforesaid offense by the said A. T. Nunn, to-wit, on the 19th day of November, A. D. 1934, in the district court of Smith County,…