Paytes v. State

Plaintiff in error was convicted of perjury, which crime is alleged to have been committed by her in the *130case of the state against one Henry Finley, which involved a prosecution for the illegal selling of intoxicating liquors. Paytes was introduced by the State in that case and relied on as the witness who made the purchase of the liquor, but she gave testimony denying that she had done so.

The foreman of the grand jury, before which plaintiff in error had testified when the indictment of Finley was found, was called as a witness for the State on the trial for perjury, and he stated that…