Gordon v. State

On an indictment for perjury the appellant, Gordon, was tried and convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of eighteen months in the state penitentiaiy.

The perjury was predicated upon the sworn statement of the defendant in his own behalf on his trial for the possession of intoxicating liquor in the county court of Hinds county, wherein, as a sworn witness on his own behalf, he testified that at a certain time and place he did not have intoxicating liquor in his possession. Two witnesses testified to all the material facts necessary to constitute the complete crime.

The defendant offered no…