Jackson v. State

INDICTMENT for perjury. Conviction; and judgment against the defendant.

The indictment charges that, at the September term, 1843, of the Hancock Circuit Court, a certain indictment was pending, &c.; that, on the -tyrial of the defendant in that indictment, at the same term, and before the proper Court, &c., Frederick Jackson was sworn as a witness, “ and took his corporal oath,” &c.; that he swore to a material fact, &c.; that his swearing was false, &c. The indictment thus far states no particular day upon which the trial was had and the testimony of the witness given, but it concludes: “ And…