Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Still

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 13, 1885PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Case 41 — INDICTMENT— APPEAL FROM BALLARD CIRCUIT COURT. The indictment is sufficient. The offense is properly charged, and the allegations of facts constituting the offense are definite and spe- . cific.

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE LEWIS

DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT.

The Commonwealth appeals from the judgment of the lower court sustaining a demurrer to the following indictment:

“The grand jurors of the county of Ballard accuse Thos. H. Still of the crime of false swearing, committed in manner and form, as follows : The said Still did, on the ninth day of October, 1883, before the finding of this indictment, in the county aforesaid, on-*276‘his examination, as-a witness, after being duly sworn to testify the truth on the trial of a cause of the ■Commonwealth of Kentucky, plaintiff, and T. P. •Clark, defendant, then…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  2. Fudge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
  3. Bartlett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901
  4. Commonwealth v. GrayCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
  5. Commonwealth v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893

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