Whittle v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, second district, Perry county. Hon. John R. Enochs, Judge. Whittle, the appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted of perjury, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of, second district, Perry county. Hon. John R. Enochs, Judge. Whittle, the appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted of perjury, and appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The only material issue in this case, as will clearly appear from an analysis of the evidence as well as from the instructions given for the state, is whether or not appellant was present at the scene of the transaction about which he testified, and saw or did not see the occurrences which he narrated on the witness stand. This being true, the court below…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Perry Whittle was indicted for perjury, predicated on his testimony in the trial in the circuit court of Perry county on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1900, of one Norwood, for assault and battery upon Griffin with intent to kill and murder. No record of said trial was given in evidence, but Mixon, the clerk of the circuit court, testified, without objection, that Norwood was tried at the October term, 1900, of said circuit court for assault and battery upon Griffin with intent to kill. It was essential to prove by the record of the trial of said cause, if in existence, that Norwood was…
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