Graham v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is perjury. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

Appellant’s first complaint is that the court erred in overruling his motion to quash the indictment, the validity of which is attacked upon various grounds set forth in the motion. The indictment, which is quite lengthy, sets out in hace verba an alleged voluntary confession purporting to havé been made by appellant to the district attorney concerning theft of cattle, for which offense he was then under arrest. It is ■ averred, in substance, in said indictment that…