(a) If, upon adjudication of any warrant by the county court, the warrant shall be found to have been fraudulently or wrongfully issued, without due authority from the court, the court shall endorse that fact thereon and cause it to be deposited, without renewal, in the office of the clerk of the court.
(b) Any clerk who shall fraudulently or wrongfully, without authority of law, issue any such warrant shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year and not more than three (3) years.