Turner v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for forgery, punishment assessed being two years in the penitentiary.

This is the second appeal. The opinion on the first will be found in 176 S. W. (2d) 327.

Appellant was charged with forging a check for $125.00, drawn on the Hale County State Bank, payable to the order of M. B. Turner, and purportedly signed by C. M. Wilson. The check was dated “3-9-1943,” and was endorsed on the back “M. B. Turner.”

C. M. Wilson was appellant’s grandfather. The check in question was returned to Mr. Wilson in his statement from the bank. He reported the matter to the…