Allen v. State

Citations

42 Tex. 12

Syllabus

<p>1. Perjury.—An indictment for perjury, since the adoption of the Penal Code, must aver that the statement upon which the perjury is assigned was deliberately and willfully made.</p> <p>2. Indictment.—An indictment for perjury is good if each of the essential constituents of the offense, as defined in the code, are alleged in plain and intelligible words.</p>

Judges: Moore

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

Turner v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1892-03-16· cited 8×
Smith v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1877-07-01
Bradberry v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1879-07-01
West v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1880-07-01
Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1880-07-01
Cox v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas· 1883-02-17

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

Juaraqui v. State
Texas Supreme Court· 1866-12-15· cited 8×
State v. Lindenburg
Texas Supreme Court· 1854-07-01· cited 6×

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