Legal Opinion

State v. Wood

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 28, 1864PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Marshall District Court. The defendant was indicted for perjury. There was a jury trial, verdict of guilty and judgment thereon, from, which defendant appeals. The further necessary facts will appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.

1. Indictment: averment:time. The defendant by his counsel filed a motion to quash the indictment, and also a demurrer thereto, assigning together some eighteen grounds or causes therefor, many of which are based upon assumed facts which do not appear in the transcript, and many others upon effete technicalities of the law. This is so apparent, that the defendant’s counsel, who have filed an elaborate argument in the case, pass over in silence all the grounds except the sixth and seventh points in the demurrer. These two points are concisely stated in appellant’s argument to be, “that the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. MarvinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Irvin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1883
  2. State v. ReedMontana Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Frost v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  5. Lovett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892

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