Lieb v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is passing as true a forged instrument, with three prior convictions alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life imprisonment.

The court appointed three different lawyers to represent the appellant, but he refused their representation and presented his own defense. Appellant is a college graduate and is obviously much experienced in criminal procedure.

Homer Carter, teller in the motor bank of the First National Bank of Beaumont, testified that on the day charged in *2the indictment a man drove up to his window and handed him the check which forms the basis…