Legal Opinion

Jernigan v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 29, 1901No. 2164PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Hamilton. Tried below before Hon. W. J. Oxford. Appeal from a conviction of perjury; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion sets out the indictment. There is no statement, of facts in the record.

1Opinion of the Court

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of perjury, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the State penitentiary.

The charging part of the indictment is as follows: “That on or about the 14th day of January, A. D. 1901, and anterior to the presentment of this indictment, in the county of Hamilton and State of Texas, and before a regular term of the county court holden in and for and then there in session in said county of Hamilton, the Hon. J. C. Main, the legally qualified judge of said court, presiding, and in a certain criminal judicial proceeding, of which the said court…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ex Parte WhiteCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  2. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1894
  3. Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  2. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916

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