State v. Joiner
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; R. S. Ellis, Judge. Oscar Joiner was convicted of perjury, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommeryille, J.
On the trial of Avery Blount for murder, an attempt was made to prove that the killing had been done by one John Williams. Oscar Joiner defendant here, was a witness for Blount, and he swore that Williams was at his, Joiner’s, house at a certain time, and that Williams had in his possession a certain shotgun, the property of Blount.
Oscar Joiner, the defendant and appellant, was charged with the crime of perjury by bill of information in the district court for the parish of Tangipahoa as follows (omitting therefrom those parts not necessary to be considered in connection with the points…
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