State v. Umdenstock

Citations

• 43 Tex. 554

Syllabus

<p>l; Perjury—Indictment.—When, an indictment for perjury charges the offense to have consisted of a false oath in writing, and fails to set forth the written oath in words or substance, it is fatally defective.</p> <p>2. Perjury—Indictment.—In an indictment for perjury, the averment that the oath was “legally administered by the clerk,” without giving the form, is sufficient only when the indictment states the circumstances under which the oath was required and the occasion on which it was made, so as to show that its violation would be perjury.</p>