Carpenter v. State

Appellant was convicted of perjury alleged to have been committed before a grand jury and assessed the lowest punishment.

The only question necessary to be decided for the final disposition of this cause is, whether the indictment is fatally defective. Appellant made a motion to quash it on many grounds. It is unnecessary to state them. We will discuss only some of them. To do this, it will be necessary to copy the material allegations.

The necessary preliminary allegations as to the organization of the grand jury which preferred this indictment are in the usual form. Also the allegations as to…