State v. Hall

— This was an indictment for perjury. The allegations in the indictment are, that the defendant,rHaii, commenced an action of debt against one Cline before William Gray, a justice of the peace, for the sum of 27 dollars and 50 cents ; that Cline filed as a set-off a demand he held against Hall for 99 bushels of corn of the value of 24 dollars and 81 cents; that to try the issue between the parties, a jury of six men was impanelled, and that upon such trial Cline called upon Hall to give testimony as a witness in the cause ; that Hall was thereupon duly sworn by the justice to give evidence,…