Rivers v. State

The plaintiff in error was tried in Osceola County for the offense of perjury in September, 1933. The jury by its verdict found her guilty as charged, and in October the Court sentenced her to a term in the State prison. She seeks a reversal of the judgment on writ of error.

Counsel for the accused attacked the sufficiency of the indictment by a motion to quash it. The first question presented here for determination is the correctness of the court’s order in overruling the motion to quash.

The indictment is in one count and alleges in substance that the Grand Jury for Osceola County in March,…