People v. Parsons
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Sessions of Sacramento County. The defendant, Oscar Parsons, was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of perjury. Motion was made in arrest of judgment in the Court below, on the ground of errors and defects in the indictment, which were overruled, and judgment and sentence entered against the prisoner, who appealed. The alleged defect in the indictment appears in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Justice Terry.
Mr. Justice Heydenfeldt concurred.
The defendant was convicted in the Court below of the crime of per*488jury. There is no bill of exceptions or statement of evidence, and the only question presented, is as to the sufficiency of the indictment.
The indictment charges that defendant in a certain proceeding, describing it, “ did willfully, corruptly, and falsely swear,” etc.
It is contended that the indictment is fatally defective, because it is not alleged that the offence of perjury was committed feloniously. Such an allegation was…
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