Schooler v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

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

The facts show, in substance, that appellant was tried in the county court, on proper information, with unlawfully carrying on and about his person a pistol in the County of Jackson, State of Texas. On trial of the case, appellant, in his own behalf, swore that he did not have a pistol at the time and place alleged in the information. The grand jury returned an indictment against appellant charging him with swearing falsely to the last statement. The indictment is in…