People v. Burroughs
New York Supreme Court
This case was brought up by certiorari from the Rensselaer Oyer and Terminer. The indictment there found was as fol lows: County of Rensselaer, ss.
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This case was brought up by certiorari from the Rensselaer Oyer and Terminer. The indictment there found was as fol lows: County of Rensselaer, ss. The jurors for the people of the state of New York, in and for the body of the county of Rens-selaer, to wit: Jason Burrell, &c., then and there being sworn and charged to inquire for the said people for the body of the county of Rensselaer aforesaid, upon their oath present that heretofore, to wit, on the twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, at the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer…
1Per curiam
We think the offence sufficiently charged in the indictment. It was enough to aver that the matters, in relation to which perjury was assigned, became and were material upon the trial. It was unnecessary to aver that Fake was acting as an officer of the bank, or to state in what other way he was connected with the transaction. That is left to be proved on the trial, under the general averment .of materiality. *224We think the indictment sufficient, and that it was supported by the requisite proof.
The objection to the introduction of the record in evidence was properly overruled.
There was no…
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