Vandall v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The offense is passing as true a forged instrument, two prior convictions for felonies less than capital were alleged for enhancement purposes; the penalty life.

The record reflects that on February 8, 1966, while appellant, Joe Vandall, was employed as a porter at Overseas Motor Corporation of Lubbock, some twenty-one numbered checks were found to be missing from the office of Dorothy Hill, the bookkeeper and office manager of the company. An order to stop payment of the checks was made at the Lubbock National Bank. On April 15, 1966, the day appellant left the company,…