Alverson v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of unlawfully passing a forged instrument, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

It was the contention of the state, and evidence was introduced to that effect, that the appellant unlawfully and fraudulently passed a forged instrument to H. J. Daugherty in the city of Marshall on December 18, 1926. The appellant entered a plea of not guilty and defended upon the ground of an alibi, introducing evidence to the effect that he was in the city of Dallas on the date of the alleged offense.

The appellant, when the case was called for…