State v. Perry

Citations

• 42 Tex. 238

Syllabus

<p>1. Perjury—Indictment. An indictment for perjury, which, fails to charge hy direct and positive averment that the false statement was deliberately and willfully made, is bad.</p> <p>2. Indictment—Perjury. An indictment for perjury founded on an oath differing both in form and substance from that which the officer is authorized by the statute to administer, is bad.</p>