Kelsoe v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. R. C. Brickell. Tom Kelsoe was convicted of perjury and he appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The defendant was tried on an indictment charging perjury in two counts. The court, at the request of the defendant, gave the general charge for the defendant on the second count, and a conviction was had on the first count. This count charges, in substance and effect, that the defendant, being duly sworn, on his examination as a witness in a certain designated criminal case, falsely swore “that he was present at Holly Pond the first Sunday in May, 1912, when Spence Higgins was shot by Doyle Hooten, and that he saw part of the difficulty;” the maters so sworn to being alleged as material…
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