Deitle v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The offense is defrauding with a worthless check in the sum of $750; the punishment, ten years and a fine of $2,500.

The indictment herein is as to form substantially the same as those in Goodwin v. State, 167 Tex.Cr.R. 485, 320 S.W.2d 852, and Gutierrez v. State, 171 Tex.Cr.R. 493, 352 S.W.2d 124.

The $750 check which is relied upon for conviction was signed by the appellant, and payable to and drawn on the First State Bank of Aransas Pass, and it was paid in money when it was presented by the appellant to Ruth Donelson, teller at the window of the First State Bank of…