Daniels v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Cammaok

Reversing.

L. R. Daniels was charged with the crime of false swearing. Upon his trial he was found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison. He charges in this appeal that the indictment is defective and that the instructions are erroneous. The indictment follows:

“The Grand Jury of the County of Lawrence in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse L. R. Daniels of the crime of false swearing or perjury, committed in manner and form as follows, to-wit:

* ‘ The said defendant in the said County of Lawrence, on the 15th day of June…