Adkins v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Vas convicted of forgery, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

' The indictment contained four counts, charging forgery, uttering a forged instrument, and having in possession a forged instrument with intent to pass it. The court submitted the first count in his charge to the jury, omitting the remaining three. This was proper.

The instrument was set out according to its tenor, as follows:

“$11.75. Gainesville, Texas, June 8th, 1899.

“Ninety days after date, for value received, promise to pay to Ed Liedtke or order eleven…