DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for forgery, with punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
Under the statute, Art. 979, P.C., an essential element of the crime of forgery is the making "without lawful authority" of a false instrument in writing, purporting to be the act of another, with the intent to injury or defraud.
The instant indictment contains no allegation that the check described therein, which upon its face purported to...
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