Dutton v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

The defendant was indicted on a charge of violating section 3207 of the Code of 1923, in that he did willfully, maliciously, or fraudulently alter page 308 of volume 297, Chattel Mortgage Record of Morgan county, Ala., in that he did write on the said record the

“his

words X between the words “Waliee” and

mark”

“Haraway” where the same appears on said page in the said record purporting to be the record of the signature of Waliee Haraway to a chattel mortgage; the said record being a public record of Morgan county, Ala.

The statute under which this prosecution is brought creates a…