Legal Opinion

Wallace v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 23, 1920No. 5871PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The jury allotted appellant two years in the penitentiary for forgery.

The indictment contains two counts, one for forgery and the other for passing the alleged forged instrument.

Motion to quash on the ground that the check or draft was described as the act of J. Bickerell, whereas the name of J. W. Bicknell is signed to the instrument, and that there is a variance between the, allegation and the facts, was overruled. The indictment alleges the name of Bickerell and not Bicknell. If there was developed on the trial that Bicknell and not Bickerell was the forged name,…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Monsebaiz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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