State v. Hall

The defendant has appealed from a judgment convicting him of perjury and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. The perjury is alleged to have been committed by giving false testimony in the separate trial of Billedeaux, in the case of State of Montana v. Bostwick and Billedeaux, in which. Bostwick and Billedeaux were accused of the crime of murdering Joe Monroe.

The specific evidence given by the defendant Hall which is alleged to be false is that he (the defendant Hall) testified that he “did not arrive in the town of Browning, county of Glacier, state of Montana, until about 9:30…