Case Name: Louis E. Austin v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1960-11-09
Citations: 170 Tex. Crim. 191
Docket Number: No. 32,322
Parties: Louis E. Austin v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 191–192

Head Matter:
Louis E. Austin v. State
No. 32,322.
November 9, 1960
WOODLEY, Judge, dissented.
Chas. H. Dean, Plainview, for appellant.
Joe L. Cox, District Attorney, Plainview, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for the giving of a worthless check in violation of the so-called hot check law, Art. 567b, Vernon's P. C., with punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary and a fine of $2,250.
It was the contention of the state and the indictment charged that appellant obtained a negotiable warehouse receipt by the giving of a worthless check.
The statement of facts before us fails to set forth either of the instruments referred to.
The statement of facts reflects that the state offered in evidence what were claimed to be such written instruments, but such were never carried or copied into the statement of facts nor does the statement of facts otherwise contain a description of the alleged instruments.
We are therefore without any evidence showing that the state complied with the duty resting upon it to prove and introduce evidence supporting the allegations of the indictment.
We pretermit a discussion of the sufficiency of the indictment as against the contention that the alleged negotiable warehouse receipt was not sufficiently described in the indictment. See: Burns v. State, 112 Tex. Cr. R. 328, 16 S. W. 2d 538; Perry v. State, 141 Tex. Cr. R. 291, 148 S. W. 2d 412.
Because the record before us fails to show that the state's evidence warranted the conviction, the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.