State v. Peters

Citations

• 42 Tex. 7

Syllabus

<p>1. Perjury—Authority to administer the oath.—In an indictment for perjury, in a trial before a justice of the peace in an action of forcible entry and detainer, it is not essential to set out a copy of the commission of the justice, or to allege how his jurisdiction attached to the case, it being sufficient as to his authority to administer the oatli to allege that ho was a justice of the peace and had jurisdiction to try the case.</p> <p>2. See discussion of requisites in an indictment for perjury.</p>