RICHARDSON v. STATE

No. 29047.

302 S.W.2d 140 (1957)

D. E. RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, George E. Miller, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is passing as true a forged instrument in writing; the punishment, five years.

The instrument alleged to be forged was offered by the State as Exhibit 1. It is a check on Houston National Bank for the sum of $2,225, the payee being D. E. Richardson, the appellant.

The check purports to have been drawn by "Professional Construction Corp. by S. J. Wilburn", is numbered 351 and contains the words "Payment in full."

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