 | Illinois - 1845 - 766 halaman
...person or property, how punished. tion is required, who shall swear or affirm, wilfully, corruptly and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question, or shall suborn any other person to swear or affirm as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of perjury... | |
 | Job Durfee (Class of 1813) - 1849 - 562 halaman
...a court of law. Blackstone, quoting Sir Edward Coke, defines perjury to be a " crime committed when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding...matter material to the issue, or point in question." This definition is somewhat extended by our law. The 51st section of our statute " concerning crimes... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1849 - 728 halaman
...proceeding. " Perjury is denned by Lord Coke, to be a crime committed, when a lawful oath is ad. ministered in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely and faliely, in a matter material to the issue, or point in question ; 3 Inst 1 64 ; 4 Bl. Com. 137. And... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - 570 halaman
...breach of an oath. Anciently called oath-breach, or oath-broken. See Ottiesworth. A crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely una falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. 3 Inst. 164. 4 Bl. Com. 137. 4... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1882 - 740 halaman
...accused had been arrested, and had applied for a discharge on habeas corpus. Perjury is committed " when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding,...and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or |x)int in question." 3 Inst. 164; 4 Bl. Com. 137; People v. Fox 25 Mich. 492. By this is meant that... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 halaman
...Edward Coke to be " a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceedings, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely,...matter material to the issue or point in question ; and subornation of perjury is the offence of procuring another to take such a false oath as constitutes... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 halaman
...Edward Coke to be " a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceedings, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely,...matter material to the issue or point in question ; and subornation of perjury is the offence of procuring another to take such a false oath as constitutes... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1853 - 636 halaman
...committed when 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.1 Where the crime is committed at the instigation or procurement of another, it is termed... | |
 | California, Selucius Garfielde, Frederick A. Snyder - 1853 - 1108 halaman
...perjury. 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, or shall suborn any other person to swear or affirm as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of perjury... | |
 | 1854 - 372 halaman
...513 ; 18 Jurist, 66). f XIII. Perjury. — Perjury is the crime of false swearing, which arises when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding...matter material to the issue or point in question. The punishment by the common law was fine and imprisonment, with an incapacity of bearing testimony... | |
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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. 
