Nix v. State

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant was charged in two counts of an indictment with the offense of perjury. One count alleged that he knowingly swore falsely in an affidavit before the Justice of the Peace of Gadsden County for the purpose of securing a search warrant involving the unlawful possession and sale of intoxicating beverages. The second count charged him with having knowingly given false testimony in a case in which he was called as a witness, and in which he was sworn to tell the truth, which case involved the prosecution of the person whose premises were searched under the search warrant…