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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 38.19. Intent To Defraud In Forgery

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Art. 38.19. [724] [807] [787] INTENT TO DEFRAUD IN 
FORGERY.  In trials of forgery, it need not be proved that the 
defendant committed the act with intent to defraud any particular 
person.  It shall be sufficient to prove that the forgery was, in 
its nature, calculated to injure or defraud any of the 
sovereignties, bodies corporate or politic, officers or persons, 
named in the definition of forgery in the Penal Code.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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