Hardin v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant wasconvicted of perjury, and Ms punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The facts in this case are, in substance, as disclosed by the opinion in the ease of Richard Hardin v. State, 51 Texas Crim. Rep., 559. In that ease appellant’s brother was prosecuted for murder and convicted of manslaughter. On the trial of that case appellant swore, in substance, that he killed the deceased, and not his brother Bicliard. The perjury in this case is predicated Upon said alleged false statement. In other words, appellant and his brother were in the…