State v. . Journigan

Faieoloth, O. J.:

The defendant is indicted for perjury. No exception was taken to the evidence. The court charged the jury chat perjury was very much a matter of intent, and that on that they must be satisfied beyond a reason-atle doubt upon “all the facts and circumstances of the case as deposed to by the witness.” ¥e see no expression of opinion on the part of the court in any part of the charge, and the verdict must be taken as conclusive on the question of intent. It is not error, in a civil action, for the court to instruct the jury that if they believe the evidence the defendant is…