People v. Lillis

Defendant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Onondaga County for perjury in the second degree, a misdemeanor. A trial before the County Court resulted in a judgment of conviction, from which defendant appeals.

It is unnecessary to report the evidence in detail, for in our view the case presents only a question of law which is fatal to the indictment. Briefly, the People proved that on December 29, 1954, the defendant gave to one Bowers, an investigator for the State Liquor Authority, a statement in which he stated that on various occasions he had purchased liquor on credit from a certain…