141 Minn. 490 | Minn. | 1918
Defendant was indicted and thereby charged with a violation of section
It is contended in support of the appeal: (1) That the indictment fails to state a public offense, in that the particular acts by means of which defendant persuaded the witness to absent himself from court are not stated; and (2) that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict, in that the complaining witness upon whose testimony the state relied, was an accomplice and there was no corroboration.
Neither contention requires extended discussion. The indictment follows the language of the statute and is not defective in not particularizing the methods used by defendant in inducing the witness to keep away from the court. The rule stated in State v. Howard, 66 Minn. 309, 312, 68 N. W. 1096, does not apply, and the case is not in point. We find ample corroborative evidence, and taken as a whole it fully supports the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.