People v. Miller

The grand jury of Moultrie county returned into the circuit court an indictment containing four counts, charging the plaintiff in error, Aaron H. Miller, with the crime of perjury. A motion was made to quash the indictment, and it was sustained as to the first three counts and overruled as to the fourth. Upon the trial a verdict of guilty was returned and the plaintiff in error was sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary.

Error is assigned upon the refusal of the court to quash the fourth count of the indictment, and one reason given is that it was uncertain, not as to the place…