Whisnant v. State

Mb. Chiee Justice Green

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Johnson City operated a waterworks system and the plaintiff in error was employed by the municipality in the prosecution of this enterprise. He was indicted for making false entries upon the hooks of the Water Department of the City, and convicted upon this charge. He has appealed in error to this court.

A motion to quash the indictment herein was seasonably made below upon the ground that the making of false entries upon the books of a municipal corporation by an employee thereof was not an offense under the laws of Tennessee. This…