People v. Collier

By the court,

Wing, J.

It is alleged, among other reasons, in arrest of judgment, that there is no sufficient averment of the materiality of the alleged false testimony or matter falsely sworn to by tbe defendant, to the question or matter which was the subject of inquiry before the justice.

The indictment alleges, in substance, that a complaint was made against one Allen Boyce, charging him with having stolen a hay horse and one mule, the property of one Benjamin L. Collier (the defendant); and that the matter came on to he' heard and determined, and that the defendant was in due form of law…