Pipes v. State

Citations

• 26 Tex. Ct. App. 318
• 9 S.W. 614
• 1888 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 194

Syllabus

<p>1. Perjury—Testimony Delivered Beeore the Grand Jury is testimony delivered “under circumstances in which an oath is required by law,” and a false statement made by a witness in his testimony before the grand jury may be assigned and prosecuted as perjury.</p> <p>3. Same—Indictment.—A false statement made under oath, in the course of a proceeding in which an oath is required by law, whether the per son is admitted to testify legally or otherwise, or whether he testifies voluntarily or otherwise, is perjury. An exception to this rule is when a person has been forced to testify to facts which would tend to inculpate himself in a crime. If such facts exist, and do not appear upon the face of an indictment, it devolves upon the accused to establish them by proof. See the statement of the case for an indictment held sufficient to charge perjury.</p>