Strong v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
ERROR to the Fayette Circuit Court. — This was an indictment for perjury against the plaintiff in error; in "which the of-fence was charged to have been committed on the trial of an issue joined between J. Campbell and JV. Strong, the former being plaintiff and the latter defendant.
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ERROR to the Fayette Circuit Court. — This was an indictment for perjury against the plaintiff in error; in "which the of-fence was charged to have been committed on the trial of an issue joined between J. Campbell and JV. Strong, the former being plaintiff and the latter defendant. At the trial of the indictment, the record of a cause in which the prisoner had been sworn as a witness, was offered in evidence: the suit was commenced by /. Campbell against JV*. Strong and L. Sisón, and the sheriff returned that Sisón was “not an inhabitant of the county. Strong appeared and pleaded payment,…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
The first error alleged is, that there is a variance between the case set out in the indictment, in the trial of which the perjury is charged to have been committed, and that, the record of which was offered in evidence. This objection does not appear to be supported by the record. The perjury is charged to have been committed in the trial of a certain issue joined between one J. Campbell and one JV. Strong, in a certain plea of debt in which the said Campbell was plaintiff and the said Strong was defendant; and the record produced in evidence shows a case in which Campbell declared against…
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