Conway v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

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

The first ground of appellant’s motion for a new trial in the court below is that the court erred in instructing the jury with regard to the law of circumstantial evidence. While perhaps it was unnecessary to have given the charge, yet, under the facts, we are of opinion that it was not that character of error that was prejudicial. Appellant testifies that Cole did sign the note with him as surety. Cole swears that he did not. Quite a lot of circumstances were…