State v. Mercer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County (Henderson and Motter, J. J.)
1Opinion of the CourtSchmucker, J.
The appellee was indicted in the Circuit Court for Frederick County for perjury alleged to have been committed by making a false oath in certain proceedings of the Orphans’ Court of that county. He filed a plea in abatement, to the indictment, alleging that the grand jury which had indicted him was not legally constituted because one of .its members who is named in the plea was an atheist and infidel who did not believe in the existence of God nor in the truths of the Holy Scriptures.
The State demurred to the plea and the Court sustained the demurrer. The traverser then moved to quash the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Avirett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1893
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- Clare v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
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- Miller v. GehrCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
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