Howard v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for forging a check on a bank for $10 by signing his father’s name -thereto and passing it to John Jimerson, alleged t'o have occurred on or about February 2, 1907. The trial was had September 19, 1910. He was convicted and the jury assessed his penalty at two years in the penitentiary.

It is unnecessary to give a detailed statement of the fact’s. The facts show, briefly stated, that in the fall of 1906, and January, 1907, J. S. Howard, the father of the appellant, had an account in the First National Bank of Meridian, Texas. That for a short time…