Pollard v. People

This was an indictment for perjury, returned to the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Aurora, and the venue changed to the circuit court of Kane county, where a trial was had, terminating in the conviction of the plaintiff in error by the jury. A motion for a new trial was made and overruled, and the accused sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year. . He brings the record to this court by writ of error, and assigns various errors.

The oath upon which perjury is assigned, was upon the examination of the accused, in open court, touching his qualifications to become bail for…