Case Name: Earl Wayne PARSONS, II, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1966-01-26
Citations: 398 S.W.2d 283
Docket Number: No. 39210
Parties: Earl Wayne PARSONS, II, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 398
Pages: 283–283

Head Matter:
Earl Wayne PARSONS, II, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 39210.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 26, 1966.
No attorney of record on appeal for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Judge.
The information attempts to charge a violation of Article 567b, Vernon's Ann. P.C., for delivering a worthless check in the sum of $10.00; the punishment assessed was 30 days in jail and a fine of $150.00.
Neither the complaint nor the information charges that the check was given with intent to defraud. The intent to defraud is an essential element of the offense. Art. 567b, Sec. 1, supra, Wright v. State, 168 Tex.Cr.R. 214, 324 S.W.2d 883, Martinez v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 325 S.W.2d 145, and the cases there cited.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution is ordered dismissed.