State v. Johnson

— The defendant was indicted for perjury. The indictment charges that, on, &c., a certain suit was pending in the Warren Circuit Court between John Kent, plaintiff, and the defendant, Henry Johnson, and one Thomas Johnson, founded on a promissory note ; that for the purpose of obtaining a continuance of the cause from the March term, 1841, until the term next following, the defendant did then and there falsely, wilfully, and corruptly swear and make affidavit, &c., that one Joseph Kent was a material witness for the defendants in said cause; that the affiant had used due diligence to procure…