Case Name: POSPISHEL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-06-06
Citations: 255 S.W. 738
Docket Number: No. 7773
Parties: POSPISHEL v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 255
Pages: 738–739

Head Matter:
POSPISHEL v. STATE.
(No. 7773.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 6, 1923.
Rehearing Granted Nov. 14, 1923.)
On Motion for Rehearing.
1. Criminal law <&wkey;l032(5) — Objection to indictment first raised on appeal where defect one of substance.
If indictment on its face charges no offense, its validity may be challenged first on appeal, because the defect is one of substance, under Code Cr. Proc. 1911, art. 5T5.
2. Forgery &wkey;>29(I) — Indictment without explanatory averments held not to show forgery in sending telegram.
Indictment alleging that defendant sent a telegram reading, “Wire $150.00 at once. Letter following will explain. Waive identification. Must have it. Harry. J. Bainbridge, Harry Neustadt, Burnett Hotel,” with no explanatory averment as to whether “J. Bain-bridge” or “Harry Neustadt” were a part of the original telegram as filed or notations placed thereon by some other, and no allegation explaining who “Harry” was nor the relations between him and addressee, was defective, and failed to show offense of forgery.
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Appeal from Criminal District Court, Harris County; C. W. Robinson, Judge.
Emanuel Pospishel was convicted of forgery, and he appeals.
Reversed, and prosecution ordered dismissed.
Ered L. Perkins, of Houston, for appellant. -
R. G. Storey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
Conviction is for forgery with an assessed penalty of two years in the penitentiary. No statement of facts or bills of exception appear in the record. Appellant entered a plea of guilty, and applied for a suspended sentence. In the state of the record we must assume the proceedings were regular.
The judgment is affirmed.