State v. Bixler

The appellee having been indicted in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, for perjury, demurred to the indictment, and his demurrer having been sustained, and judgment thereon having been given for his discharge, the State has brought the case to this Court by writ of error.

Two grounds of error have been assigned in the petition for the writ, which are as follows, in substance:

1st. That the Court held the omission of the word “corruptly” from the indictment in charging the offence, was fatal; whereas -the State insists, that it was unnecessary, as the language used fully imported that the…