Moore v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, second district, Panola county. Hon. James B. Booti-ie, Judge. Moore, the appellant, was indicted for perjury, tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, and appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of, second district, Panola county. Hon. James B. Booti-ie, Judge. Moore, the appellant, was indicted for perjury, tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, and appealed to the supreme court. The indictment was as follows: “ The grand jurors of the state of Mississippi, elected, summoned, empaneled, sworn and charged to inquire in and for the body of second district of Panola county, state of Mississippi, at the term aforesaid of the court aforesaid, in the name and by the authority of the state of Mississippi, upon their oaths present that…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
The indictment in this case is upon the charge of perjury. On the trial appellant was convicted under this indictment and given a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary. After he was convicted and before sentence there was a motion in arrest of judgment. There are several reasons assigned in the motion, but the main one is because the indictment does not charge that the testimony of Moore, in reference to which it is alleged that the testimony was material, was false. The indictment charges that the material matter was whether Moore met Robert Ivy in Moore’s field on Monday night of a…
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