State v. . Rhinehart

The record in this case contains some 144 pages and the court below took a long time in trying the action. The charge of the court is 22 pages. In substance, his Honor set forth what the witnesses testified to, both for the State and the defendant. He defined accurately what constituted the crime of perjury and what evidence sufficient to convict. He then gave the contentions of the State *155and defendant fully and in detail. He also charged the burden was on the State as to reasonable doubt.

The main opinion gives a new trial solely on exceptions to the charge. By an examination of the charge,…