United States v. Pettus

The suggestion of the district attorney that the vice of tlie argument in favor of this demurrer is in treating this indictment as if it were one charging frauds committed at the election, whereas it is only an indictment for perjury committed in giving testimony in a contested election ease, is quite true, as to several of the grounds of demurrer, and much of the argument. But it is not *792true as to all of them. It applies to the third, .fourth, seventh, and eleventh grounds of the demurrer, and they are therefore overruled.

The corner stone of this indictment is the pendency of an election…