Lyle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The conviction in this case was for perjury, and the penalty assessed against the appellant by the verdict was a term of five years in the penitentiary.
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The conviction in this case was for perjury, and the penalty assessed against the appellant by the verdict was a term of five years in the penitentiary. The perjury assigned in the indictment was the false statement of the accused, under oath, and as a witness before the grand jury of Mitchell County, Texas, that no game of cards, commonly known as the game of poker, was played in a room in the rear of the Senate saloon, in the town of Colorado, Mitchell County, Texas, on or about the 2d day of May, 1891, by John Murchison, Tom Morrison, John Morrison, C. C. Brown, and W. F. Veronce, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
This is a conviction for perjury. Appellant, in obedience to subpoena, went before the grand jury of Mitchell County and was there interrogated in regard to gaming at a certain place. He swore that there had not been any gaming at said place on the preceding Saturday night, when in fact there had been a game of “poker” played at said place on that night, and in his presence. His testimony before the grand jury was assigned for perjury, and for this the conviction was had. Upon the trial there was evidence tending strongly to prove that appellant was drunk when the cards…
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