Nelson v. State

English, Ch. J.:

Elias Nelson was indicted for perjury in the 'Circuit Court of Drew County, the indictment charging the offense in the manner following:

“ Said Elias Nelson, in the county aforesaid, on or about the 9th day of August, 1876, did, on his examination as a witness, duly sworn by R. C. Knox, a duly commissioned and acting justice of the peace, in and for Clear Creek Township in said county and State, to testify the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, on an examination before a jury of inquest over the dead body of one Adam Pippin, in said county, and before said R. C.…