White v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The offense is perjury, and the punishment is two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment is drawn under Section 1 of Art. 465 of the C. C. P. as amended by the acts of the 38th Legislature, Regular Session, found on page 83 thereof. The indictment charged and the-proof tended to show that the appellant had made contradictory statements under oath in a certain legal proceeding, the substance of the indictment being that before a court of inquiry held by a Justice of the Peace of Hood County, he made a statement under oath in conflict with and contradictory to a statement made by…