Herndon v. State

1. The indictment for perjury alleged, that in a preliminary investigation in the ease of the State against J. T. Kelly, who was charged with the offense of murder, Frances Herndon, after a lawful oath had been administered to her, in a court of competent jurisdiction, etc., did falsely, etc., swear that she had “seen the said J. T. Kelly on Saturday night, June 19th, 1915, between the hours of eight thirty o’clock and eleven o’clock, at the house known as No. 315 Liberty street, West, in the city of Savannah, all of which matters so wilfully, knowingly, absolutely, and falsely sworn to, in…