Campell v. People
New York Supreme Court
Case from the Niagara oyer and terminer for advice. Campbell was indicted for perjury. The indictment states that on the 5th day of November, in the year 1827, at ah annual election held at the town of Porter, in the county of Niagara, for the choice of a senator from the eighth senatorial district of the state of New-York, one member of assembly, and a sheriff for said county, and four justices of the peace for the town of Porter held pursuant to the constitution and laws…
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Case from the Niagara oyer and terminer for advice. Campbell was indicted for perjury. The indictment states that on the 5th day of November, in the year 1827, at ah annual election held at the town of Porter, in the county of Niagara, for the choice of a senator from the eighth senatorial district of the state of New-York, one member of assembly, and a sheriff for said county, and four justices of the peace for the town of Porter held pursuant to the constitution and laws of the state, before the board or inspectors of the said election then sitting at the house of, &c. in the town of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sutherland, J.
The indictment alleges that Robert Campbell being challenged as to his right to vote, &c. was then and there duly sworn, and did take his corporal oath before the said board so constituted and sitting as aforesaid, the said board being then and there duly authorized and empowered to administer an oath to the said Robert Campbell in that behalf, and the said Robert being then and there sworn, by and before the said board, &c. did falsely depose, &c. This is a sufficient averment that the oath was administered by the board. The allegation that he took the oath before…
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