Bright v. State

— In this case the appellant was indicted, tried by a jury and found guilty of the crime of perjury; and, ■over his motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, he was sentenced to the State’s prison for the term prescribed in the verdict.

In this court the only error insisted upon by the appellant is the overruling of his motion in arrest of judgment. The motion in arrest was in writing, and the following causes were assigned therein for such arrest:

1. Because the grand jury, who found the indictment, had mo legal authority to enquire into the offence charged.

2. Because the facts stated…