Prior v. Territory of Arizona

— The only errors assigned in this case relate to certain instructions given by the court to the jury in the charge of the court, and the refusal to give certain instructions requested by the defendant.

The first instruction given by the court that is complained of is as follows: “If you believe that any witness has willfully sworn falsely to any material fact in the ease, then you have the right to wholly disregard the testimony of such witness, except in so far as his statements may be corroborated by other credible evidence in the case.” This instruction was not error, and a similar one has…