 | Illinois. Courts - 1909
...matter where by law an oath or affirmation is required, who shall swear or affirm wilfully, corruptly and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question, * * * shall be deemed guilty of perjury. « * »" (Sec. 225, ch. 38, Rev. Stats, of 1ll.) The words... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court - 1910
...Bacon, Blackstone and other common law writers. Blackstone defines it as : "A crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding,...matter material to the issue or point in question." 4 Blackstone, Commentaries, 137. See, also, 2 Hawkins, Pleas of the Crown, chap. 69, § 1 ; Bacon's... | |
 | 1910
...Blackstone, and other common-law writers. Blackstone defines it as "a crime committed when a legal oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding,...matter material to the issue or point In question." 4 Blackstone, Commentaries, 137. See, also. 1 Hawkins, PC, c. 69, « 1; Bacon's Abridgement, tit. "Perjury."... | |
 | Edward Joseph White - 1911 - 524 halaman
...committed "where a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding or due course of justice, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question."2 It is doubtful if the violation of the oath subscribed to by the King and his associates,... | |
 | 1911
...proceeding. Again, one of the best common-law definitions of the crime is, that perjury is committed when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding to a person who swears willfully, absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue. This was a judicial proceeding,... | |
 | Edward Joseph White - 1913 - 524 halaman
...committed "where a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding or due course of justice, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question."2 Tt is doubtful if the violation of the oath subscribed to by the King and his associates,... | |
 | Edward Joseph White - 1913 - 524 halaman
...committed "where a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding or due course of justice, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question."2 It is doubtful if the violation of the oath subscribed to by the King and his associates.... | |
 | William Pinckney Fishback, Arnold Bennett Hall - 1915 - 515 halaman
...administered in some judicial proceedings or due course of justice to a person who swears wilfully and absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question. By various statutes the offense is extended to false swearing in matters not connected with judicial... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court - 1915
...crime of "willful and corrupt perjury" is defined by Sir Edward Coke to be, "a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding to a person who swears willfully, absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question." 4 Black.... | |
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Coke(/) to be a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question. 
