Smith v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Burleson County, for a violation of the offense described in Article 943, Vernon’s Penal Code, which article reads as follows: “If any person, without authority of law, shall wilfully and maliciously change, alter, mutilate, destroy, deface or injure any book, papers, record or any other document, required or permitted by law to be kept by any officer within this State, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the…