State v. Marshall

The defendant was prosecuted by information under section 4, chapter 203, General Statutes (Wagn. Stat. 476), which provides that “ every person who shall willfully, corruptly and falsely, before any officer authorized to administer oaths, under oath or affirmation, voluntarily make any false certificate, affidavit or statement of any nature, for any purpose, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,” etc. This is a statutory offense less than perjury, and in St. Louis county to be prosecuted by information in the Court of Criminal Correction.

The information, after the introductory part, reads…