State v. Sloan

Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of the felony of perjury, was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years, and has appealed.

Defendant offered himself as surety upon a $12,000 appeal bond for one Bert R. Meyers, who had been convicted of a felony in said county and had appealed to this court. He was sworn and testified in such proceeding as to his property qualifications. It was during the course of such testimony that the alleged false testimony was given.

The evidence offered by the State tended to show that the defendant then and there falsely…