People v. Hill
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Harlin H. Hill, from, a judgment of the County Court of Livingston county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Livingston on the 15th day of June, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of perjury.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The defendant was a witness in his own behalf and was subjected to a searching cross-examination. During its progress the counsel for the People presented to the witness a paper purporting to bear the signature of the sheriff of the county by defendant as his deputy, and inquired of him as to the genuineness of this signature. He apparently evaded replying to the question and was prodded quite sharply by the counsel. Toward the close of the protracted colloquy the following occurred : “Question. I.want you to swear whether that is your writing on that paper, or whether it is not ?…
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