Hansford v. Commonwealth

OpinioN op the Court by

Judge Settle

Eeversing.

The appellant, John Hansford, was tried and convicted in the Whitley circuit court under an indictment charging him with the crime of false swearing, his pun*701Ishment being fixed by verdict of the jury and judgment of the court at confinement in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than a year and one day. He has appealed and asks a reversal of the judgment upon the following grounds: (1) That there was no evidence to sustain the charge in the indictment; (2) that the trial court erroneously pronounced sentence upon him the same day the…