SEWELL v. STATE

No. 28547.

295 S.W.2d 226 (1956)

James Perry SEWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., Thomas B. Thorpe and Charles S. Potts, Asst. Crim. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The offense is passing a forged instrument; the punishment, 3 years in the penitentiary.

Grady Jacobs, a witness for the state, identified the appellant at the trial as the person who represented himself to be Billy D. Corley at the time he passed a check to him, dated November 29, 1955, drawn on the Grand Prairie State Bank, payable to the A & P Food Store in the amount of $15, and signed Billy D. Corley with the address of 601...

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