Dennison v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. W. L. Dennison was convicted of perjury, and appeals.
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Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. W. L. Dennison was convicted of perjury, and appeals. Omitting the formal charging part, the indictment is as follows : William L. Dennison, alias Babe Dennison, upon the trial of a cause pending in the chancery court of Elmore county, Ala., wherein J. M.- Holley was complainant and N. B. Sewell was defendant, the said William L. Dennison, alias Babe Dennison, being duly sworn by Dawson Askew, the register in chancery of said chancery court, who had authority to administer such oath, falsely swore as follows, to-wit: “I went…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
(1, 2) Under the ruling of this court in Maddox v. State, 2 Ala. App. 244, 57 South. 95, the indictment sufficiently stated the substance of the proceeding in which the-alleged false testimony was given, and was not subject to the objection made by the demurrer. — Johnson v. State, 3 Ala. App. 101, 57 South. 389; Hicks v. State, 86 Ala. 30, 5 South. 425; Jackson v. State, 156 Ala. 162, 47 South. 77; Bradford v. State, 134 Ala. 141, 32 South. 742. The proceeding in which the alleged, false testimony was given is described in the indictment as: “A cause pending in the chancery court of Elmore…
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