Biggerstaff v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 25 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Civil Code, section 136. Revised Statutes, 1 Stanton, sec. 4, p. 432; sec. 7, p. 434. Roscoe on Crim. Ev., page 673. Revised Statutes, chap. 32, art. 12, sec. 14. v 2 Met. 12, Commonwealth v. Powell. 2 Met. 493, Patterson v. Miller. 1 Hawkins P. C., sec. 4, page 431. 2 Bishop’s Crim.
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Case 25 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM MADISON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED Civil Code, section 136. Revised Statutes, 1 Stanton, sec. 4, p. 432; sec. 7, p. 434. Roscoe on Crim. Ev., page 673. Revised Statutes, chap. 32, art. 12, sec. 14. v 2 Met. 12, Commonwealth v. Powell. 2 Met. 493, Patterson v. Miller. 1 Hawkins P. C., sec. 4, page 431. 2 Bishop’s Crim. Law, section 864. 1 Nott and McC. 547. 3 Bush, 16, Rice v. Commonwealth. 1 Bush, 176, Tomppert v. Lithgow. 1 Duvall, 90, Mount v. Commonwealth. 1 Met. 368, Commonwealth v. Megowan. 18 B. Mon. 498, Commonwealth v. White. CITED Revised Statutes, chap, on…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion op the court.
This prosecution was based upon the 14th section of the 12th article of chapter 32 of the.Revised Statutes, which is in these words: “Any person ydio shall make any willfully false statement under an oath duly administered at an election shall be deemed, guilty of perjury and incur the penalty for that crime.” The indictment charges that the accused on the 23d day of September, 1872, in the county of Madison, falsely and corruptly swore that he was twenty-one years of age, when in point of fact he was not that old, and. knew at the time that he…
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- Young v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
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