Hays v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of perjury, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleges that it was a material question and inquiry in a case tried in the District Court where Thompson was defendant and the State plaintiff, to know whether Thompson sold and delivered a pint of whisky to appellant, and whether appellant paid Thompson a dollar for it. There are several matters set out of the same nature, all looking to the supposed transaction between appellant and Thompson wherein it was sought to prove appellant had bought'whisky…