Baker v. State

Appellant, H. N. Baker, was indicted by the grand jury of Polk County for the crime of perjury, alleged to have been committed by giving material false testimony in the trial of a civil action pending in the circuit court of that county wherein J. H. Skillern as receiver of the Howard County Bank was plaintiff and said H. N. Baker was defendant. A trial of the case, on change of venue, in the circuit court of Sevier County resulted in conviction of the accused, and he appealed to this court.

The facts of the case are as follows: On September 2, 1902, appellant executed to the Howard County…