Lassiter v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of forgery, and his punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary, and from the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. There is no statement of facts in the record. Appellant excepted to the introduction of a patent issued by the State of Texas, purporting to grant the land described therein to John Cotton, assignee of Green B. Watkins, and situated in Wood County. Appellant, as grounds of exceptions, says: (1) That the patent shows upon its face to be a grant of land to John Cotton, as assignee of Green B. Watkins,…