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155 Tex. Crim. 303

234 S.W.2d 876

White v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 1950

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1950-12-06

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1987

1 state decisions

Relies on 71 Tex. Crim. 45 - Brown v. State · Crisp v. State

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Decided 1950-12-06

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DAVIDSON, Judge.

¶1 Attempting to pass a forged check is the offense; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

¶2 The count in the indictment upon which this conviction rests charges that appellant, knowing it to be forged, attempted to pass a forged check to one Smith.

¶3 All the testimony shows that the check was presented and attempted to be passed to one Brown, who was an employee of the store of which Smith was the assistant manager.

¶4 This constitutes a fatal variance between the allegations of the indictment and the proof. Brown v. State, 71 Tex. Cr. R. 45, 158 S. W. 533; Crisp v. State, 144 Tex. Cr. R. 163 S. W. 2d 209.

¶5 The state’s attorney before this court concedes the variance.

¶6 The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

¶7 Opinion approved by the court.

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