State ex rel. Simpson v. Mayo

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an application for the writ of habeas corpus, in which petitioner alleged that he was convicted of robbery upon the false and perjured testimony of an accomplice, and that such testimony was induced by the threats and promises of reward made to the witness by the Honorable Clifton M. Kelly, County Solicitor, knowing such testimony to be false. The affidavit of the *425witness in question, Amos Pierce, was appended, in which Amos stated that he implicated petitioner in his testimony at the trial because the County Solicitor and the Sheriff told him that they would see that…