State v. Huckeby
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Scott Circuit Court. — How. J. D. Foster, Judge. The indictment in this case is drawn upon section 1418, Revised Statutes, and follows the requirements of section 1424, Revised Statutes.
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Error to Scott Circuit Court. — How. J. D. Foster, Judge. The indictment in this case is drawn upon section 1418, Revised Statutes, and follows the requirements of section 1424, Revised Statutes. It clearly sets forth the substance of the offence charged, names the cause in which the alleged perjury was committed, the court in which the same was being tried, states the materiality of the issue so that the court can determine it, sets out the particular facts alleged to have been sworn to, negatives their truth, and properly assigns perjury upon them; •This is all that is required. State n.…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
-This case is before us on a writ of error prosecuted by the state from the judgment of the Scott county circuit court, quashing an indictment charging defendant with the crime of perjury. The indictment is as follows:
“STATE OP MISSOURI, ) “ County of Scott. ( ' ,
“ In the circuit court of Scott county, Missouri, April term, 1883:
“The grand jurors for the state of Missouri, duly empaneled, sworn and charged to inqure within and for the county of Scott aforesaid, upon their oath, present that, heretofore, at one of the justice of the peace courts of Richland township, in said county and state,…
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