Partin v. Commonwealth

Opinion of .the Court by

William; Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

Appellant, Wesley Partin, was convicted of the crime of false swearing in the Whitley Circuit Court. From the judgment of conviction he appeals.

It appears that Wiley Partin was arrested on a warrant and tried before J. A. West, justice of the peace, of Whitley County, for the offense of having in his possession spirituous, vinous and malt liquros in local option territory for the purpose of sale therein. On that trial the appellant, who was the father of Wiley *702Partin, appeared as a witness. According to the evidence for the…