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State v. Raymond

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 21, 1866PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Jackson District Court. The defendant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, for tbe crime of perjury. The offense is charged to have been committed by the defendant, in testifying as a witness in behalf of the State, on the trial of Peter Martin, before a justice of the peace, upon an information for larceny of corn from the field of one Jason Pangborn.

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Appeal from Jackson District Court. The defendant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, for tbe crime of perjury. The offense is charged to have been committed by the defendant, in testifying as a witness in behalf of the State, on the trial of Peter Martin, before a justice of the peace, upon an information for larceny of corn from the field of one Jason Pangborn. The defendant, having taken exceptions to certain instructions and rulings of the court, prosecutes this appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.

l. indict?ury?er' 2tiN”and "gathering,” I. So much of the charging part of the indictment as is necessary to the understanding and disposition of the points made thereon by the appellant’s counsel, is as follows: “ That the said Joseph Raymond, upon his said oath, stated, among 0ther things, in substance and effect, the following, that is to say, that on the night of the 21st day of September, 1864, he, the said Joseph Raymond, saw the said Peter Martin enter upon the premises of the said Jason Pangborn, and heard and saw the said Peter Martin getting and carrying away from the premises of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Woodbeck v. KellerNew York Supreme Court · 1826
  2. Simms v. HerveySupreme Court of Iowa · 1865

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hammer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. State v. GartinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  3. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
  4. Gildersleeve v. AtkinsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1891
  5. State v. . HillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943

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