Peck v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted in the district court of Pontotoc county of the crime of altering and falsifying a public record, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisoment in the state penitentiary for 30 days.

The evidence of the state was that the defendant was county clerk of Pontotoc county; that the board of county commissioners of said county entered into a written contract with one O. S. Deal to act as delinquent tax collector for said county for a period of two years; that this contract was duly approved and signed by the county…