Dickerson v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Laramie County, Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The information is insufficient for the reason that it does not allege in definite and certain language, the materiality of the false testimony. The alleged false testimony could not ordinarily be in any way material to an issue arising out of a plea of not guilty to a charge of rape.
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Error to the District Court, Laramie County, Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The information is insufficient for the reason that it does not allege in definite and certain language, the materiality of the false testimony. The alleged false testimony could not ordinarily be in any way material to an issue arising out of a plea of not guilty to a charge of rape. It might be a question material to the issues in such a case whether the defendant was diseased at the time of the rape, but whether he was so diseased before or after that time would be wholly…
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on petition eor rehearing.
Potter, Justice.
The plaintiff in error has filed a petition for rehearing in this case. In the fourth paragraph of the original opinion •it was said as to the contention that the trial court erred in admitting the files in the case in which the perjury was *474alleged to have been committed, that it was not made ground in the motion for new trial and need not be considered. It is now contended that this was erroneous for the reason that it was included in the motion for new trial by the general specification: “Errors of law occurring at the trial of said cause and to…
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