Weeaks v. State

289 S.W.2d 758 (1956)

Douglas WEEAKS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27934.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 8, 1956.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1956.

Rogers & Foster, Victor B. Rogers, Austin, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for perjury; the punishment, two years.

Perjury was assigned upon the testimony of appellant given on June 21, 1954, in a cause pending in the District Court of Kendall County, Texas, wherein he was sworn as a witness in his own behalf and testified that he had never been convicted…