State v. Ackerman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Denton, Judge. (1) The indictment is sufficient. R. S. 1899, secs. 2033, 2039; State v. Faulkner, 175 Mo. 546; State v. Huckley,- 87 Mo. 414; Joyce on Indictments, p. 781. (2) It is.not .essential that the false statement tend directly to prove the issue.
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Denton, Judge. (1) The indictment is sufficient. R. S. 1899, secs. 2033, 2039; State v. Faulkner, 175 Mo. 546; State v. Huckley,- 87 Mo. 414; Joyce on Indictments, p. 781. (2) It is.not .essential that the false statement tend directly to prove the issue. If it he circumstantially material, or if a true statement would form a link in the chain of evidence necessary to establish the offense, and tend to support and give credit to a witness in respect to the main fact, it is perjury. State v. Faulkner, 175 Mo. 568; State v. Day, 100 Mo. 242;…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
On September 13, 1907, the grand jury of Henry county, Missouri, returned an indictment against the defendant charging him with having committed willful and corrupt perjury by testifying falsely in a proceeding before the grand jury of said county on the 12th of September, 1907. The de*327fendant filed a motion to quash, the indictment, which was sustained by the' court, and a motion for a new trial was overruled and appeal granted to the State. The indictment is in the following form:
“State of Missouri, County of Henry, ss.
“In the Circuit Court, September Term, 1907.
“The grand jurors for the…
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