State v. Scott
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted in the district court for Ramsey county for perjury, and demurred to the indictment. The court, O. B. Lewis, J., overruled the demurrer, and certified the case to the supreme court for its determination of the following points: (1) Whether the indictment conformed to G. S. 1866, c. 108, §§ 1, 2, 3, and á, as qualified by section 10. (2) Whether the indictment charged more than one offense.
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Defendant was indicted in the district court for Ramsey county for perjury, and demurred to the indictment. The court, O. B. Lewis, J., overruled the demurrer, and certified the case to the supreme court for its determination of the following points: (1) Whether the indictment conformed to G. S. 1866, c. 108, §§ 1, 2, 3, and á, as qualified by section 10. (2) Whether the indictment charged more than one offense. (3) Whether the facts stated in the indictment constitute a public offense. The indictment does not allege that any oath on which perjury can be predicated was administered. There is…
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
The grand jury of Ramsey county returned an indictment against the defendant charging Mm with the crime of perjury. He demurred to the indictment. The court overruled the demurrer, and certified the case to this court.
The indictment charges that on February 3, 1897, the defendant was president of the Life Insurance Clearing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this state, and doing a life insurance business; that on that day he made oath to the return to the insurance commissioner, such return being the annual statement of the condition, business, and affairs of said company,…
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