Eldridge v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is perjury; the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged. . W. A. Phillips was struck by an automobile as he crossed a street in the town of Green-ville. He-was unable to identity the parties driving the car. The car failed to stop, and its occupants rendered no aid to the injured party. Appellant was duly questioned under oath by the justice of the peace about the matter of striking Phillips. He testified that he was in a car with Jimmie Jeffries at another and different place on the occasion of the…