State v. Ayer

Opinion by

Holt, C.:

This was a prosecution for perjury, in the Barber district court. The only question we shall consider is, whether the information is sufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty and a judgment thereon. The information states, in substance, that George W. Ayer did unlawfully, *44feloniously, willfully, corruptly and falsely make, subscribe and swear to an affidavit, setting forth the same in full. The affidavit was in reference to the proof of one B. F. Teal upon one hundred and sixty acres of land; then followed the allegation that the affidavit was false and untrue, and known to…