State v. Court of General Quarter Sessions of Peace

'The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker,- J.

This certiorari brings before this court an indictment against Frederick Heintz.

The indictment purports to charge Heintz with the crime of perjury.

It alleges that he committed peijury in signing and taking an affidavit attached to a petition and recommendation to the board of excise of the city of Elizabeth, requesting said board to grant him a license to keep an inn and tavern in the first ward of said city.

The indictment avers that the perjury was committed by Heintz in falsely swearing that the petition and recommendation had been signed…