State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for perjury, tried at March Term, 1893, of the Criminal Court of New Hanover County, before Meares, J. The jurors, etc., present that John Thompson, etc., did unlawfully commit perjury upon the trial of an action in the Mayor’s Court in the city of Wilmington in said county, wherein the State of North Carolina was plaintiff and John Thompson was defendant, by falsely asserting on oath, “ in substance, as follows, to-wit: ‘About 8 o’clock on the 25th of February I…
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Indictment for perjury, tried at March Term, 1893, of the Criminal Court of New Hanover County, before Meares, J. The jurors, etc., present that John Thompson, etc., did unlawfully commit perjury upon the trial of an action in the Mayor’s Court in the city of Wilmington in said county, wherein the State of North Carolina was plaintiff and John Thompson was defendant, by falsely asserting on oath, “ in substance, as follows, to-wit: ‘About 8 o’clock on the 25th of February I was between Schulkin and Dennis’ stores; a man passed in about six or seven feet of me and made an oath; he had a gun in…
1Opinion of the Court
Burwell, J.:
The averments in the indictment are sufficient. It complies in all essential particulars with the form prescribed by the Act of 1889, which has been approved by this Court in State v. Gates, 107 N. C., 832, and in other cases.
Affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. . GatesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
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