Peel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
He, Jno. R. Peel, and another signed the bond as sureties, and Thos. J. Peel, of Montgomery, was desired as a third surety. In the economy of time, Jno. R. Peel, before seeing the said Montgomery Thos. J., procured a certificate from the Clerk of the District Court of Montgomery County, to the effect that the said bond, with the said Thos. J. thereon, would be a good bond, and if submitted to him he would approve the same for the purpose it was to subserve.
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He, Jno. R. Peel, and another signed the bond as sureties, and Thos. J. Peel, of Montgomery, was desired as a third surety. In the economy of time, Jno. R. Peel, before seeing the said Montgomery Thos. J., procured a certificate from the Clerk of the District Court of Montgomery County, to the effect that the said bond, with the said Thos. J. thereon, would be a good bond, and if submitted to him he would approve the same for the purpose it was to subserve. When the said Thos. J., of Montgomery, was approached for his signature, he declined to sign. Thereupon Jno. R. Peel went to San Marcos,…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
This appellant was convicted of forgery, and given two years in the penitentiary. From the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. There are two theories in this case. If either be true, appellant is guilty of forgery as charged. (1) That appellant procured T. J. Peel of San Marcos, Hays County, Tex., to sign the name of T. J. Peel of. Montgomery County to an appeal bond in a civil ease. (2) That the appellant, with fraudulent intent, procured T. J. Peel of Hays County to sign the bond, and subsequently passed it as the signature of T. J. Peel…
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