Skipper v. State

This is now before us on application for leave to apply to the Circuit Court for a writ of error coram nobis.

The petition alleges that one C. E. Lien testified falsely on the trial of Skipper and also before the Grand Jury which indicted Skipper and that such false testimony was at the time known by the State Attorney to be false.

An affidavit purporting to have been made by C. E. Lien in Denver, Colorado, on September 30th, 1935, and another purporting to have been made by the same person at the same place are attached to and taken as a part of the petition. The affidavits are contradictory…