State v. Biedermann

TIPTON, J.-

-The respondent was indicted for perjury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. His demurrer to the indictment was sustained by the trial court and the State has duly appealed from that ruling.

The substance of the indictment alleges that on November 16, 1936, there was pending in that court the case of State of Missouri v. Goffstein; that the respondent was a member of the panel of jurors summoned to try that case; that on the voir d/ire examination of the panel the circuit attorney asked the members of the panel who knew or had any acquaintance or any association or…