Hunter v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

— Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Williamson County of perjury, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

This conviction rested upon the alleged falsity of testimony given by appellant in a rape case wherein one Ewell Simpson was defend ant and in which an attempt was made to show that the injured female was not of chaste character at the time of the alleged rape. Appellant was a defense witness in that case and testified that he saw Louise Cluck, the girl .upon whom the assault was charged,, and one Victor Cluck engaged in sexual…