Ferguson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of forgery and his punishment assessed at four years in the penitentiary.
The indictment is in two counts. The first, with proper allegations, avers that appellant forged the name of G. W. Earle to a note for $145. The second that he passed that forged note. The court submitted both counts to the jury for a finding. The jury found him guilty of forgery only.
The court did not err in overruling appellant’s motion to quash the indictment (bill Ho. 1), nor in permitting proof of the forgery of the note copied in the indictment (bill Ho. 2),…
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