State v. Woolridge
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Judge: Frankie Woolridge appeals from a conviction of perjury. I. The indictment does not show that the county clerk had any authority to administer the oath to defendant in said proceeding of Roberts against the publishing company. The authority to swear a witness during a trial is a very different thing from authority to administer an oath in proceeding to take a deposition out of court, and in the latter case his authority must be stated.
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From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Judge: Frankie Woolridge appeals from a conviction of perjury. I. The indictment does not show that the county clerk had any authority to administer the oath to defendant in said proceeding of Roberts against the publishing company. The authority to swear a witness during a trial is a very different thing from authority to administer an oath in proceeding to take a deposition out of court, and in the latter case his authority must be stated. The following cases are in point on principle: State y. Spencer, 6 Or. 152; State v. Ah Lee, 18 Or. 540 (23 Pac. 424);…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Moore
The defendant, Frankie Woolridge, was convicted of the crime of perjury, and appeals from the judgment which followed. .
*3921. Her. counsel contends that the information on which she was tried does not state facts sufficient to constitute a crime. The information charges that on October 29,1903, one John Roberts commenced an action in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Multnomah County against the Oregonian Publishing Company, a corporation, to recover the sum of $10,000 as damages for an injury to his reputation, claimed to have been sustained by reason of the publication in the Evening…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- State v. BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1879
- State v. WintzingerodeOregon Supreme Court · 1881
- State v. SpencerOregon Supreme Court · 1876
- Taylor v. PrestonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Commonwealth v. HatfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- State v. QuartierOregon Supreme Court · 1925
- Commonwealth v. LeviSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Yellowstone Sheep Co. v. EllisWyoming Supreme Court · 1939