United States v. Noveck

Defendant in error was indicted November 5, 1923. The first count alleges the commission of perjury on March 13, 1920, — more than three years before indictment. The District Court quashed that count on the ground that the prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations. ■ The case is here under the Criminal Appeals Act of 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246.

The count charges “ the crime of perjury ,as defined by section 125 of the United States Criminal Code.” That section provides: “Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of…