State v. Harter

McClain, C. J.—

The sole objection to the judgment, urged in various ways is that the indictment charging the defendant with perjury was insufficient in not properly charging the name or authority of the person by. whom the oath was i administered. The allegation was that defendant appeared as a witness on the trial of a criminal prosecution in the district court of Henry county, “ and was then and there duly sworn before the duly authorized clerk of said court.” The provision of the statute (Code, section 5296) is that: “ In an indictment for perjury ... it is sufficient to set forth ... in…