Chappel v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The indictment contained three counts: the first charges forgery; second, passing as true a forged in strument, and, third, knowingly having in possession the false instrument described, etc. The court submitted to the jury only the second count, to wit: passing the forged instrument. The charging part of this count is as follows: That “James Chappel did unlawfully, wilfully and fraudulently utter and pass as true to Otto Paschel a certain false and forged instrument in writing, the tenor thereof is as follows, to wit: Bartlett, Tex. (meaning thereby Bartlett,…