 | William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 pages
...Edward Coke, to be ua 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... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - 1831 - 590 pages
...committed \vlien a Ir.wful oath is administered in some judicial proceedina Ю a person who swears wilfully and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question. tAll persons except idiots, lunatics, and other persons who labour under similar disabilities, may... | |
 | James Endell Tyler - 1834 - 360 pages
...than in our own. 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...matter material to the issue or point in question*. " The law, as Blackstone-f- states it, " takes no notice of any perjury, but such as is committed in... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...when a lawful oath is administered, by any who hath authority, to a person in any judicial proceeding, n, as well as in the 2 & 3 W. 4. c. 71. and 2 & 3 W. 4. c. 100. §17. " Provided n cause in question, by their own act, or by the subornation of others. 3 Inst. 163, 164. PERJURY, by... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1836 - 644 pages
...Smith, J. Perjury is defined by Lord Coke, to be Definition. a crime committed, when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding, to a...who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a mailer, material to the issue, or point in question; 3 lust. 164; 4 Blac. Com. 137. And in 10 Mod.... | |
 | Tennessee. Supreme Court, George Shall Yerger - 1836 - 640 pages
...oath or affirmation is administered in some judicial proceeding to a person, who swears or affirms wilfully, absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury." This is substantially its definition at common law.... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 pages
...defined both «t common by Sir Edward Coke (/), to be a crime committed when a statute) lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and fakely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. The law takes no notice of any perjury... | |
 | Georgia - 1837 - 1082 pages
...either with or without laying the hand on the llofil"!liHoly Evangelist of Almighty God, or affirming in a matter material to the issue or point in question, in some judicial proceeding, by a person to whom a lawful oath or affirmation is administered. 174. Sec.... | |
 | Lewis Kerr - 1840 - 132 pages
...discretion of the court-" , PERJURY. ч Coke detîues perjury to be "a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a...absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the is» iue in question." 3 ins. KM. Our state statute besides this extends the crime to those who swear... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 pages
...indictable offence : this is 3 Inst. 164. denned by Sir Edw. Coke to be a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, andfakely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. The law takes no notice of any perjury... | |
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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. 
