Joseph Linwood Richards v. United States

Richards was tried and convicted on two counts of an indictment, each of which charged him with perjury in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1621.

On March 15, 1963, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years on each count, to run consecutively.

The false statements were made by Richards while testifying before a grand jury. Only one oath was administered, but the material matter with respect to which the false statement charged in Count One was made and the material matter with respect to which the false statement charged in Count Two was made were wholly distinct, separate from, and…