Goodwin v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for perjury. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. July 10, 1903. The indictment charged H. P. Goodwin with the offense of perjury, “ for that the said H. P. Goodwin, on the 12th day of February, in the year 1903, in the county aforesaid, did then and there, unlawfully, willfully, knowingly, absolutely, and falsely swear in a matter material to the issue" and point in question, on the trial of one Arthur Jeffrey in the superior court of said county, on a…
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Indictment for perjury. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. July 10, 1903. The indictment charged H. P. Goodwin with the offense of perjury, “ for that the said H. P. Goodwin, on the 12th day of February, in the year 1903, in the county aforesaid, did then and there, unlawfully, willfully, knowingly, absolutely, and falsely swear in a matter material to the issue" and point in question, on the trial of one Arthur Jeffrey in the superior court of said county, on a bill of indictment charging said Jeffrey with the offense of bastardy, the same being a judicial proceeding, and a lawful…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. It was not error to refuse to quash the indictment for any of the reasons set forth in the general or special demurrers filed by the accused.
2. In the trial of an indictment for perjury it was error, in instructing the jury as to the essential ingredients of the offense, to entirely omit that of knowledge of the falsity of the testimony given, and to charge that the jury should find the accused guilty if they believed that he had, on the occasion set out in the indictment, sworn to the statements set out, and that such statements were material and false. Judgment reversed.
All the Justices…
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