State v. Jolly

Citations

• 73 Miss. 42

Syllabus

<p>Peejuby. Sufficiency of indictment. Code 1893, $ 1362.</p> <p>An indictment for perjm-y that sets forth the court, proceeding-, issue and trial in which, and the date at which, the perjury was committed, and is not otherwise defective, is sufficient, under § 1362, code 1892, wherein it is provided that “it shall be sufficient to set forth the substance of the offense charged upon the defendant; that he has sworn or testified on oath, and before what court, or before whom the oath or affirmation was taken, averring the court or person to have had competent authority to administer the sarqe, together with proper averments to falsify the matter wherein the perjury is assigned, without setting forth the bill, answer, information, indictment, declaration or any part of any record or proceeding, either in law or equity, and without setting- forth the commission or authority of the court, or the commission or authority of the person before whom the perjui-y was committed.”</p>