Monsuer v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of unlawfully passing a forged instrument,' and his punishment assessed at penalty two years in the penitentiary.

It was the contention of the state that the appellant knowingly passed as true a forged check to E. W. Walker, said check purporting to be payable to B. Ellis and purporting to be signed by J. B. Stmo, and that the maker and payee on said check were fictitious persons. The'appellant defended upon the ground, and so testified and introduced other evidence in support thereof, that he was unable to read and write; that the check in question was…