Case Name: COFER v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-05-04
Citations: 295 S.W. 189
Docket Number: No. 10807
Parties: COFER v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 295
Pages: 189–189

Head Matter:
COFER v. STATE.
(No. 10807.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 4, 1927.
Rehearing Denied June 8, 1927.
Warlick & Poteet, of Vernon, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State,.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The offense is forgery; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of three years.
The alleged forged instrument reads thus:
"Bank Ex. $25.00. Vernon, Texas, April 9, 1926. Pay to order of T. H. Martin, $25.00. W. R. Antle — Cotton—Vernon, $25.00 and 00 ets. Value received and charge to account of W. R. Antle & Co., by W. R. Antle. To T. H. Martin for cotton."
The evidence shows that the appellant presented the document to J. G-. Robertson, who was in charge of Levine Bros.' store. Robertson O. K.'d the check and the cashier gave the appellant $25 on it. On the back of the cheek, as introduced in evidence, appears the indorsement:
"Pay to the order of the Farmers' State Bank, Vernon, Texas. Levine Bros. The People's Store."
We gather from the motion for new trial that the appellant's contention is that because the indorsement not being set out in the indictment, the fact that it appears on the instrument as introduced in evidence constitutes a variance. The indorsement we understand is not a part of the instrument. See Cobb v. State, 105 Tex. Cr. 81, 286 S. W. 1086; Branch's Ann. Tex. P. C. p. 860; Hennessy v. State, 23 Tex. App. 354, 5 S. W. 215; Davis v. State, 70 Tex. Cr. 253, 156 S. W. 1171. See, also, 2 Vernon's Tex. P. C. 1925, art. 979, notes 16, 17, and 18; Robinson v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. 54, 43 S. W. 526, 60 Am. St. Rep. 20; Beer v. State, 42 Tex. Cr. 505, 60 S. W. 962, 96 Am. St. Rep. 810; Cox v. State, 92 Tex. Cr. 497, 244 S. W. 605.
The judgment is affirmed.