Bell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Comanche. Tried below before the Honorable J. R. McClellan. Appeal from a conviction of perjury; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited cases in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for perjury. Penalty two years imprisonment in penitentiary.
Motion to quash the indictment was made for the reason, among others, that there was a failure to aver that the alleged false statement was material to the matter under investigation. The indictment reveals the justness of the criticism, and the Assistant Attorney General confesses error under authority of Bell v. State, 75 Texas Crim. Rep., 401, 171 S. W. Rep., 239; Scott v. State, 75 Texas Crim. Rep., 396, 171 S. W. Rep., 243; Adamson v. State, 90 Texas Crim Rep., 221 (No. 6425, opinion delivered…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Highsaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921