State v. Camley
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for perjury. Heard upon demurrer to the indictment at the March term, 1894, Washington county, Tyler, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled. The respondent excepts. Exceptions ordered to lie. The respondent thereupon plead not guilty, and a trial by jury was had at the same term. Verdict guilty.
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Indictment for perjury. Heard upon demurrer to the indictment at the March term, 1894, Washington county, Tyler, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled. The respondent excepts. Exceptions ordered to lie. The respondent thereupon plead not guilty, and a trial by jury was had at the same term. Verdict guilty. The respondent excepts. ’ The indictment was as follows : “Be it remembered, that at a county court begun and holden at Montpelier, within and for the county of Washington, on the second Tuesday of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, the' grand jurors…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
This cause comes to this court on exceptions taken by the respondent to the overruling of his demurrer to the indictment, and to the admission of certain evidence. The indictment is drawn in compliance with No. 29, of the Acts of 1890, entitled “An act to simplify indictments for perjury,” and is sufficient, provided the respondent is informed, with reasonable certainty, of the cause and nature of the accusation against him.
By the indictment the respondent is informed that, on the eighteenth day of October, 1892, he appeared as a witness in a proceeding in which the State of Vermont and W.…
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