Downard v. State

This was a conviction for perjury, founded upon the testimony of the accused, Jess Downard, in a criminal case pending in the county court for his neglect or refusal to appear in response to a notice from the road supervisors of McKinley township, Wood county, to work on the roads (section 10016, Comp. Stat. 1921). On conviction of the perjury charge plaintiff in error was sentenced to serve a year and a day in the penitentiary. From this judgment and sentence he appeals.

It is alleged in the information that the deceased willfully and falsely testified that he had a right to redeem and…