Moore v. State

Citations

• 107 Miss. 181
• 65 So. 126

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Forgery. Elements. Instruments subject to forgery. Report of public schools. Code 1906, sections 4522-4556-4557-4560.</p> <p>In order that forgery may be committed, the writing alleged to have been forged must be one which, if genuine, might injure another.</p> <p>2. Forgery. Instruments subject to forgery. Report of public school. Code 1906, sections 4497-4522-4556-4557-4560.</p> <p>tinder Code 1906, sections 4497-4522-4556-4557-4560, so providing the only person entitled to receive a certificate for the payment of salary due for teaching school in a school district from the county .superintendent of education, are such as have been, elected teachers by the trustees of the district or appointed by the superintendent, and a false report of a public school purporting to be signed by one who had neither been elected by the trustees nor appointed, nor contracted with by the superintendent as a teacher of the school, did not authorize the superintendent to issue a pay warrant thereon, and hence though false in fact, and though the superintendent issued a certificate for the payment of salary thereon, it could not be the subject of forgery.</p>