State v. Sargood
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for perjury. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1904, Bennington County, Powers, J., presiding. Yerdict, guilty; judgment and sentence thereon. The respondent excepted.
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Indictment for perjury. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1904, Bennington County, Powers, J., presiding. Yerdict, guilty; judgment and sentence thereon. The respondent excepted. The respondent also filed a general demurrer to the indictment, in the ordinary form, signed by him by his attorney, and then added a statement, signed in like manner, setting down as causes of demurrer, “among others,” only that in neither count of the indictment is it alleged “by what court, magistrate, or person, or by whom the oath to this respondent was administered when he is claimed to have…
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
This is an indictment for perjury alleged to have been committed on an inquiry before the grand jury regarding the poisoning of certain colts, and upon the trial in county court -of an indictment charging the respondent with poisoning them. The respondent demurred' to the indictment, showing for cause of demurrer that in neither of the counts is it set forth by what court, magistrate or person the oath to the respondent was administered on the occasion when the crime is alleged to have been committed. The indictment follows the statutory form, and the statutory form is sufficient in this…
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