State v. Aikens
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Page Pistriot Oourt. The defendant was indicted and convicted of perjury and sentenced to three years confinement in the penitentiary. From this judgment he appeals.to this court. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The indictment charges that defendant, on a certain trial wherein he and another were plaintiffs and John Brown was defendant, did willfully, corruptly, falsely and feloniously testify, that the floor of John Brown’s porch was dressed; that “ he hewed the sills of the house from the stump,” and that “he had obligated himself to get lumber.” The trial, in which said evidence was given, was of a case brought by defendant and another, upon an account in which, among the items, was one for moving a house and building abutments; and another, for “ seventy-*404seven and one-half days’ labor on house.”…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. ShupeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
3Cited by6 opinions
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- McClelland v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1911
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