Knight v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The indictment charges appellant with false swearing in that he deliberately, corruptly and wilfully, under the sanction of the oath administered by the County Clerk of Denton County, made the following voluntary false statement and declaration and affidavit in writing. The instrument is as follows:

“I, I. S. Knight, do solemnly swear that I am twenty-one years of age, and that Miss Bessie Welborn is eighteen years of age, and that there are no legal objections to our marriage.

Isaac S. Knight.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 21st day of Oct., A. D. 1912.

Osca…