Powell v. State

MORROW, Judge.

The conviction was for forgery.- The indictment charges that appellant altered a genuine instrument in writing which had theretofore been made by J. D. Powell, and which before being altered had been duly approved by the Commissioners Court of Archer County, which approval had been attested by the clerk of said county. In the indictment is set out what purports to be a delinquent tax report of J. D. Powell showing taxes delinquent in Archer County for the year 1906 and previous years. Attached to the instrument is a certificate of the Commissioners Court of Archer County, signed…