Jackson v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is unlawfully passing as true a forged instrument; the punishment, enhanced by four prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life.

The record contains no formal bills of exception. No objections or exceptions to the court’s charge were reserved, and no charges were requested.

The indictment alleged a prior conviction “of the offense of passing a worthless check, a felony,” in 1941 and one in 1944 for “the offense of unlawfully passing worthless check, a felony.” It alleged a prior conviction in 1947 for “the offense of passing a forged instrument, a felony”…