Legal Opinion

Ross v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 27, 1899No. 1764PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Bandera. Tried below before Hon. I. L. Martin. Appeal from a conviction for perjury; penalty, three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. No statement necessary.

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of perjury, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of three years; and he prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant made a motion to quash the indictment on various grounds, which was overruled by the court. The indictment-assigns the perjury on a motion for continuance made in a certain case against the appellant pending in the district court on an indictment charging him with the theft of a head of cattle, the property of Tony Ney. After stating the term of court and the proceedings leading up to the call of said case for…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wagley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. Glenn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Ziegler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
  4. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904

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