VESTAL v. STATE

No. 27801.

283 S.W.2d 955 (1955)

Mae VESTAL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Tobin, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., Jerry Shivers, Asst. Dist. Atty., Charles S. Potts, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for passing a forged instrument; the punishment, 5 years in the penitentiary.

The forged check was presented by appellant to Mary Irvin, a checker in a Safeway Store in Dallas, in payment for groceries she had selected for purchase.

Mary Irvin was not acquainted with appellant, and under the company rules was not authorized to cash the check without it being "okayed" by her superior. Appellant was, for that reason...

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