Smoak v. State

The defendant was indicted for the offense of perjury, it being alleged that he wilfully and knowingly swore falsely in a suit brought by C. L. Taylor against Carrie Belle Taylor, *300then and there pending and being tried in the superior court of Screven County. The alleged false testimony was set out, and its materiality was alleged. Upon the trial the State, without objection, offered in evidence the stenographic transcript of the evidence which gave the name and style of the case and the court in which it was pending, together with the names of counsel for both parties. The stenographer who…