Pyles v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The following statement of the case, taken from appellant’s brief, is substantially correct: The record in this case discloses that the appellant was tried in the corporation court in the city of Weatherford, Texas, on the 2nd day of Dec., 1903, charged with gaming, to wit: With unlawfully playing at a game of cards not at a private residence occupied by "a family, within the territorial limits of the city of Weatherford, on Nov. 26, 1903. On said trial the defendant was…
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The following statement of the case, taken from appellant’s brief, is substantially correct: The record in this case discloses that the appellant was tried in the corporation court in the city of Weatherford, Texas, on the 2nd day of Dec., 1903, charged with gaming, to wit: With unlawfully playing at a game of cards not at a private residence occupied by "a family, within the territorial limits of the city of Weatherford, on Nov. 26, 1903. On said trial the defendant was sworn and testified' in his own behalf, and testified on his direct examination that he had not played cards within the…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
This is a conviction for perjury, two years being fixed as the penalty. The bill of indictment charges that appellant was held in the corporation court of the city of Weatherford for unlawfully playing at a game with cards, in said county and city, not at a private residence occupied by a family; and that appellant did then and there falsely, wilfully and deliberately testify that he did not see a game played with cards, not at a private residence occupied by a family, on the 26th day of November, 1903, and in the woods west of and near the town of Weatherford in said county;…
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