Wooten v. State

The conviction is for perjury. According to the averments in the indictment, appellant appeared before the grand jury, where material inquiry was made whether appellant’s son was near the building occupied by Inks & Watkins, and took therefrom certain automobile casings; that he falsely testified that said T. B. Wooten was in his (I. B. Wooten’s) house in the town of Llano from 15 minutes after 12 a. m. on the 9th day of July, until 4 o’clock a. m., and never left said house during that time.

The matter under investigation was the connection of T. B. Wooten with a burglary, which, according to…