Mahon v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of false swearmg, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years.

The following is the charging part of the indictment: That Leandy Mahon, on the 7th daj1’ of October, 1903, in the county of Victoria, State of Texas, “did then and there present himself and make his personal appearance before A. L. Klein, deputy clerk of the county court in and for Victoria County, Texas, who was then and there duly authorized by law as such officer to administer an oath; and the said Leandy Mahon, having been duly sworn by said A. L.…