McConnell v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Dallas County, of passing a forged instrument and his punishment fixed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

Prom the record it is reasonably certain that appellant took a false check to the American Exchange National Bank of Dallas and handed it to R. C. Perris, paying teller. Nothing was said by either party. Mr. Perris did not accept the check as true and pay any money thereon, but stepped into another part of the bank and phoned for an officer. When he got back to his own window appellant was gone. This was…