Bradford v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hon. John Pelham. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Jim Bradford, on his examination as a witness duly sworn- to testify on the trial of the said Jim Bradford in the county court of St. Clair county under- a prosecution upon a charge of failing or refusing to work on the public road…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair. Tried before the Hon. John Pelham. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Jim Bradford, on his examination as a witness duly sworn- to testify on the trial of the said Jim Bradford in the county court of St. Clair county under- a prosecution upon a charge of failing or refusing to work on the public road after legal notice, which said court had authority to administer such oath, falsely swore that on a certain morning,…
1Opinion of the Court
■TYSON, J.
The indictment is in the Code form except in the averment designating the character of the proceeding in which the oath ivas taken. — Form 67, page 333 of Crim. Code. And as to the proceeding Avith which the false oath is connected, it is sufficient to state its substance. — Crim. Code, § 5199. The averment in the indictment in respect of the matter of proceeding in which the alleged false oath is connected is as follows: “On the trial of the said Jim Bradford in the county court of St. Clair county under a prosecution upon a charge of failing or refusing to work on the public road…
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