State v. Lucas

In a former prosecution of this defendant on a fatally defective bill of indictment, judgment was arrested in this Court. S. v. Lucas, 244 N.C. 53, 92 S.E. 2d 401. The essential elements of perjury and of subornation of perjury, under G.S. 14-209 and G.S. 14-210 and decisions cited, are stated in opinion by Winborne, J. (now C. J.). It was held that, since “the commission of the crime of perjury is the basic element in the crime of subornation of perjury,” G.S. 15-145 and G.S. 15-146, which relate, respectively, to the sufficiency of bills of indictment for perjury and subornation of perjury,…