Woodward v. State

In the Harrison Circuit Court, the appellant was charged by affidavit with the crime of perjury. He was found guilty by a jury. From the judgment rendered upon the verdict, this appeal has been taken. In the affidavit, it is alleged that appellant appeared as a witness for the state in the case of State v. James W. Jones, alias William S. Jones, in said court; in which criminal prosecution, Jones was tried for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor to the appellant, and that, as such witness, he swore falsely as therein set out. It is assigned as error that the court erred in overruling…