Bell v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of perjury, and sentenced to a term of two- years in the penitentiary.

The facts show that in a certain probate trial before the county judge of Aransas County, one Tom Holland testified that he had been approached at his home in such county by appellant, his wife, Mrs. Annie Bell, and Mrs. Marie Bell, and one Walter F. Jackson; that Jackson told Holland that he desired Holland to witness a will of Jackson’s, a copy of which was there present; that Holland at first demurred on account of claiming he would not be a proper witness, owning no…