Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 43 (2026)
Indictment for perjury
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Section 43. In an indictment for perjury alleged to have been committed in a criminal case an allegation of the substance of the crime shall be sufficient; if alleged to have been committed in a civil case, an allegation of the nature of the controversy in general terms shall be sufficient. In both cases, the court or magistrate before whom the oath or affirmation was taken shall be alleged, but no part of the proceeding in which, or the commission or authority of the court or person before whom, the perjury was committed need be alleged.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1969–1969 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Baron, 252 N.E.2d 220 (Mass. 1969).
Commonwealth v. Baron, 252 N.E.2d 220 (Mass. 1969). “The defendant in arguing assignments of error 1 through 5 claims that, because of the trial judge’s denial of the defendant’s motion for a bill of particulars concerning the indictment, the defendant was “unable to prepare a defense to the charges” made against him.”
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