Taylor v. State

T,he indictment is in Code form, and is sufficient to charge the defendant with the crime of perjury.

The use of the masculine pronoun in designating the defendant, who is a woman, does not render the indictment defective. “Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter.” Code 1907, § 1.

The charge was for false swearing on the trial of Tom Peyton, Sr. and Jr., “under indictment for the murder of one Alex Stonecypher.” It appears from the court records that there were separate indictments against Tom Peyton, Sr., and Tom Peyton, Jr., and so far as the court records disclose…