Legal Opinion

Thompson v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 15, 1899No. 3909PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Error to the District Court of El Paso County.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard

The plaintiff in error was tried in the district court of El Paso county upon an information charging him with the *498crime of perjury. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed and overruled, and he was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for the term of five years. To review this judgment he brings the case here on error.

The assignments of error present substantially three grounds for reversal: First, that the information is fatally defective in matters of substance, second, that the evidence introduced upon the trial was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Solander v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1873
  2. Masterson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Jones v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1882
  4. Maynard v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Hammer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Leick v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
  4. Imboden v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1907
  5. State v. BixbyWashington Supreme Court · 1947

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