State v. Shinovich

RiNeb, Justice.

This is a proceeding by direct appeal to review a judgment of the District Court of Fremont County, entered upon the verdict of a jury at the conclusion of appellant’s trial upon an information charging him with the crime of perjury alleged to have been committed at a coroner’s inquest in said county on February 9, 1927.

One Hobart Haynes on that date lost his life in consequence of a gun-shot wound. The coroner immediately conducted an investigation to determine the circumstances under which the deceased came to his death. After taking evidence and listening to the testimony of…