State v. Carter

Appellant was convicted of perjury. From his sentence of imprisonment for a term of two years in the penitentiary, an appeal was granted to this court .

Only a brief statement of facts is necessary. One Jess Rader was put upon his trial in the Daviess County Circuit Court for the crimes of burglary and larceny. Appellant was sworn and examined as a witness on behalf of the State at that trial. The evidence only tends to show that, prior to the time of the Rader trial, appellant had made written and oral statements concerning the occurrence of acts and the making of statements by Rader strongly…