Franklin v. State

Simmons, Justice.

This case comes before us upon exceptions to the overruling of a demurrer to the indictment. The indictment charges the offence of perjury, as having been committed in “Floyd county city court,” in a judicial proceeding therein, by falsely swearing to certain specified things in a matter material to the issue, which issue is described as being whether a named person “was-guilty of selling liquor without license” in said county on a given day; but there is no averment that the city court had jurisdiction to entertain and detei'mine the issue, or power and authority to…