In an indictment for perjury or subornation of perjury, it is not necessary to set forth the pleadings, record or proceedings with which the false oath is connected or the commission or authority of the court or persons before whom the perjury was committed; it is sufficient to state the substance of the proceedings, the name of the court or officer before whom the oath was taken and that such court or officer had authority to administer it, with the necessary allegations of the falsity of the matter on which the perjury is assigned.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.
Section 15-8-20 - Offenses Charged or Described as at Common Law.
Section 15-8-21 - Statutory Language Unnecessary.
Section 15-8-22 - General Terms Used for Special Statutory Terms.
Section 15-8-23 - Manner of Stating Act Constituting Offense.
Section 15-8-24 - When Alleged Act Done in Public Place Suffices.
Section 15-8-25 - How Facts Constituting Offense to Be Stated.
Section 15-8-26 - Charging of Unknown Facts.
Section 15-8-27 - Allegation of Unknown Means.
Section 15-8-28 - Name of Defendant When Unknown.
Section 15-8-29 - General Allegation of Intent to Injure or Defraud.
Section 15-8-30 - Statement of Time.
Section 15-8-31 - Allegation of Venue Unnecessary; Proof of Same at Trial.
Section 15-8-32 - Statement of Legal Presumptions and Matters Judicially Known Unnecessary.
Section 15-8-33 - How Ownership of Property Alleged.
Section 15-8-34 - Description of Animal in Indictment for Offense Concerning Same.
Section 15-8-35 - Indictment for Forgery of Instrument Destroyed or Withheld.
Section 15-8-36 - Perjury and Subornation of Perjury; Indictment.