Roberts v. State

Appellant was convicted of perjury and allotted two years confinement in the penitentiary.

Motion is made by the Assistant Attorney General that the appeal be dismissed because appellant's recognizance was not entered properly upon the minutes of the trial court. The matter is in confusion as to whether it was or was not so entered The transcript contains a recognizance. The State attacks the verity of this and says as a matter of fact it was not so entered. The judge certifies, as does the clerk, in addition to the record, that defendant and his sureties came into open court and were duly…