State v. Crowder

Berry, Judge:

The defendant, E. T. Crowder, was indicted for false swearing, a misdemeanor, at the April, 1959, term of the Grand Jury of the Intermediate Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, said false swearing being alleged to have been committed by the defendant while testifying before said Grand Jury.

The defendant was convicted in the Intermediate Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, of this charge, and on August 19, 1959, was fined $500.00 and sentenced to serve a term of twelve months in the [Kanawha County Jail. On appeal to the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, his conviction was…