Case Name: Earl Davenport alias E. D. Davenport v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1942-01-21
Citations: 143 Tex. Crim. 159
Docket Number: No. 21858
Parties: Earl Davenport alias E. D. Davenport v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 159–160

Head Matter:
JANUARY 21, 1942
Earl Davenport alias E. D. Davenport v. The State.
No. 21858.
Delivered January 21, 1942.
The opinion states the case.
No attorney for appellant.
Spurgeon E. Bell, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was charged with knowingly passing a forged instrument, and it was also averred in the indictment that he had previously been convicted of two former felonies.
Upon conviction of the present offense and a finding by the jury of the former convictions the trial court fixed the punishment at life imprisonment in the penitentiary under the habitual criminal provision of Art. 63 P. C.
The record is brought to this court without statement of facts or bills of exception.
The judgment is affirmed.