People v. Tatum

The defendant has been indicted by the grand jury of the county of Queens for the crime of perjury, He has demurred to the indictment, assigning as the ground thereof that it appears upon the face of the indictment that the facts stated do not constitute a crime.

The indictment is framed substantially as follows: “ That heretofore upon a hearing of a proceeding before this grand jury in the matter of the investigation of the Department of Buildings in and for the borough of Queens, city and State of New York, entitled ‘ The People of the State of New York against John Doe,' held at the jail…