United States v. Bailey
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ken-tucjcy.
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ON a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Ken-tucjcy. At the November- term 1834, of the circuit court of the United States for the Kentucky district, an indictment was found against John Bailey for perjury and false swearing; under the third section of the act of congress of March 1,1823, 3 Story’s Laws U. S. 1917, the thirteenth section of the act of March, 3, 1825, 3 Story’s'Laws U. -S. 2002. The third section of the act of-March 1,1823, “entitled an act in addition to the act entitled an act for the prompt…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This is a criminal case, certified from the circuit court of the district of Kentucky upon a division of opinion of the judges-of that court.
The defendant, John Bailey, was indicted for false swearing under the third section of the act of congress of the 1st day of March 1823, Gh. 165, which provides “ that if any person shall swear or affirm falsely touching the expenditure of public money, or in support of any claim against the United States, he or she shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer as for wilful and corrupt perjury.” The indictment charges the false swearing to be in an affidavit…
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