State v. Burns

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The defendant was indicted for and convicted of perjury, alleged to have been committed by falsely swearing at a preliminary hearing before a magistrate.

The defendant, .being duly sworn, testified at the preliminary hearing in the case of State v. Richard Jones that he saw Richard Jones hit Sam Moultrie in the head with a black jack and kick him into Pocataligo River. On the trial of Richard Jones in the Court of General Sessions, the defendant testified that his previous testimony before the magistrate upon the preliminary hearing…