Moore v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Waller. Tried below before Hon. T. S. Reese. Appellant was indicted for perjury, committed upon an investigation pending before a grand jury relative to a charge against him of having forged a teacher’s school voucher, by signing the name of the trustees of the school community to said voucher; and upon which investigation defendant, under oath, had stated that he was authorized by said trustees, to sign their names to the said voucher; and…
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Appeal from the District Court of Waller. Tried below before Hon. T. S. Reese. Appellant was indicted for perjury, committed upon an investigation pending before a grand jury relative to a charge against him of having forged a teacher’s school voucher, by signing the name of the trustees of the school community to said voucher; and upon which investigation defendant, under oath, had stated that he was authorized by said trustees, to sign their names to the said voucher; and wherein he had also sworn, falsely to the number of months he had taught school in said school community. At his trial,…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of perjury, alleged to have been committed before the grand jury.
One of the contentions in this case is, that the conviction is erroneous, because the verdict fails to state upon which count the jury based their finding, and that it is therefore insufficient to form the basis of the judgment rendered.
The record does not sustain this position. The indictment contains but one count, in which perjury is assigned upon two statements, made before the grand' jury at the same time, in regard to the same subject matter. It is so well settled in this State, that…
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