Welch v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted for perjury. The verdict grew out of a murder trial in which he testified for the defendant. There was another witness named Miller who testified in the murder trial to the same facts substantially, if not exactly. It seems from the record that Miller was also indicted for perjury. During his trial appellant offered Miller as a witness, but on objection of the State, he was not permitted to testify, the assigned reason being that he was indicted for the same offense, or for a matter growing out of the same offense. Substantially, this phase of…