COX v. STATE

No. 35584.

368 S.W.2d 600 (1963)

Ruth COX, Alias Wenona B. Martin, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1963.

Second Rehearing Denied June 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles William Tessmer (On Appeal Only), Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John Rogers, Frank Watts, and Emmett Colvin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is passing a forged instrument in writing; the punishment, 4 years.

The office of Dr. A. F. Hopkins, D.V.M. at the Skillman Animal Clinic, was burglarized and a series of personalized blank checks numbered 1813 through 1854 were stolen.

The operator's license of Wenona B. Martin was stolen from her purse.

Check No. 1827 of the series of checks was filled in so as to make it a check payable to Wenona B....

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