State v. McBride

MORRIS, Judge.

The crime of subornation of perjury, punishable under G.S. 14-210, consists of two elements: the commission of perjury by the person suborned, and the suborner willfully procuring or inducing him to do so. Since the commission of the crime of perjury is the basic element in the crime of subornation of perjury, both the guilt of the suborned and the suborner must be proved on trial of the latter. State v. Sailor, 240 N.C. 113, 81 S.E. 2d 191 (1954). The falsity of the oath of the alleged perjurer must be established in a prosecution for subornation of perjury either by the…