Pipes v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. Sam R. Frost. The conviction in this case was for perjury, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of five years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. Sam R. Frost. The conviction in this case was for perjury, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a term of five years in the penitentiary. The charging part of the indictment reads as follows: “ * * Isaiah Pipes, late of the county of Freestone, laborer, on the fifth day of September, year of Our Lord, 1888, with force of arms in the county of Freestone, and State of Texas, did then and there personally appeared before the duly organized grand jury for said county, which was then and there in session for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hurt, Judge.
This is a conviction for perjury. Appellant excepted to the sufficiency of the indictment upon several grounds, none of which, in our opinion, were well taken.
It appears from the indictment that the grand jury were investigating the facts attending a fight between one Adam Durham and appellant; that appellant was a witness before the grand jury and testified as to certain facts relative to the fight,, which were quite material; that certain statements made by appellant in his testimony before the grand jury were assigned for perjury.
It is contended by appellant that he being an…
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