Renew v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bastards. Justices and Justice Courts. Jurisdiction. Indictment. Criminal Law. Perjury. Before Judge Fort. Schley Superior Court. March Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Renew was .found guilty of perj ury, and moved in arrest of j udgment. Yarious grounds are set forth in the motion, but we shall consider only one of them.
*1631. The indictment alleges that the false oath was taken and the false testimony given in a proceeding on the charge of bastardy, in a “justice court,” presided over by two named justices of the peace. There is no allegation that either of these justices had issued any warrant, or that any warrant had been,issued at all. There is nothing on the face of the indictment to show that a case had been made which would…
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