State v. Webb
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Matagorda. Tried below before the Hon. William Burkhart. The indictment charged that “Ellis Webb, * * * in the county of Matagorda, did willfully, unlawfully, knowingly, corruptly, and feloniously commit willful and corrupt perjury, and that then and there the case of the State of Texas against Leander Hunt, charged with disturbing religious worship at Caney church, came on to be tried in the District Court of Matagorda county, and upon the trial of said cause it…
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Appeal from Matagorda. Tried below before the Hon. William Burkhart. The indictment charged that “Ellis Webb, * * * in the county of Matagorda, did willfully, unlawfully, knowingly, corruptly, and feloniously commit willful and corrupt perjury, and that then and there the case of the State of Texas against Leander Hunt, charged with disturbing religious worship at Caney church, came on to be tried in the District Court of Matagorda county, and upon the trial of said cause it became and was a material issue whether or not the said Leander Hunt spoke in a low tone of voice loud enough to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Devine, Associate Justice.
The appellee was indicted in the District Court of Matagorda county at the June Term, 1873, charged with having, on the 10th of October, 1872, committed “willful and corrupt perjury” in “the case of the State of Texas v. Leander Hunt, charged with disturbing religious worship at Caney church,” and that the said Ellis Webb, being then and there duly sworn, &c., * * * did then and there willfully, knowingly, corruptly, and falsely state under oath * * * that he was present at Caney church, and distinctly heard the said Leander Hunt say in an audible tone of voice, “…
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