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375 S.W.2d 719

Witting v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 26, 1964

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1964-02-26

Relies on 170 Tex. Crim. 25 - Norman v. State · Nesbit v. State

Decided 1964-02-26

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

¶1The appeal is from a conviction with punishment assessed at two years for violation of Art. 567b, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., commonly known as the hot check law.

¶2The indictment alleged, and the court’s charge required the jury to find, in order *720to convict, that the appellant obtained mohair of the value of $5,046.90 by drawing and delivering to W. 'L. McGinley a check in that amount with intent to defraud McGinley, knowing that he did not have sufficient funds in the drawee bank.

¶3The evidence reflects that the mohair was delivered on June 25, 1960, 12 days before the check set out in the indictment was dated and delivered.

¶4It is evident that the mohair was not procured by the delivery of the check as charged in the indictment.

¶5The state does not seek affirmance of the conviction because of the variance between the allegations in the indictment and the proof. Nesbit v. State, Tex.Cr.App. 374 S.W.2d 666; Norman v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 338 S.W.2d 714.

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

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