Williams v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 81 — William Williams was Convicted of the Offense of False Swearing. APPEAL FROM FULTON CIRCUIT COURT. Dependant Convicted And Appeals.
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Case 81 — William Williams was Convicted of the Offense of False Swearing. APPEAL FROM FULTON CIRCUIT COURT. Dependant Convicted And Appeals. The false oath that the defendant is alleged to have made was “that the beer that Binford Henry and others were drinking, was not furnished by William Williams, or that William Williams did not sell or furnish any beer to Binford Henry, and that the only beer that Binford Henry and others drank, was brought there by Binford iHenry that evening to be cooled, and that t’he beer drank by Binford Henry and others was brought to William Williams on that…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of tiie court by
JUDGE HOBSON
Reversing.
Appellant ivas indicted for false swearing, for testifying as follows: “The. beer that Binford TTonry, 'Dick Henry, and Judge Jones were drinking was not furnished by him; that the beer they drank was brought there by Binford Henry on that evening, and Binford’Henry got him to cool it; that they only drank 1he beer that Binford Henry brought there that evening to be cooled, and that it was not sold or furnished by him.” He was found guilty, and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary.
It is earnestly insisted that there was not…
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