State v. Brinkley

The appellant was convicted in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis of perjury in violation of Sec. 4272; 1 and the maximum punishment of seven years imprisonment in the penitentiary was assessed by the jury under Sec. 4273(3) and the habitual criminal statutes, Secs. 4854(2) and 4855. The information charged he testified falsely under oath before a grand jury during the September term, 1942, of said court, that Riño Mittino and others of the police force of the city had beaten him and Edward Melendes on July 25, 1942, in the Eleventh District police station. Melendes died. Judge…