Roberts v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of forgery, and by the jury given a penalty of two years confinement in the State Penitentiary.

The indictment upon which .this conviction was had contained two counts, one for the making of a false instrument, and one for passing the same as true. The jury found appellant guilty on the first count, for the making of such instrument.

The instrument that was charged to have been forged is set forth in each count of the indictment, as follows:

We confess that we have given much thought to the contents of this instrument, and to the proposition…