Stone v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for subornation of perjury. Before Judge Lewis. Greene superior court. June 1,1903. Stone was indicted for suborning Linda Green to commit perjury on the trial of Newsome, charged with the murder of Lula James.
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Indictment for subornation of perjury. Before Judge Lewis. Greene superior court. June 1,1903. Stone was indicted for suborning Linda Green to commit perjury on the trial of Newsome, charged with the murder of Lula James. The fact of such subornation was proved by the positive and direct testimony of Linda Green herself, and also by her two-daughters, Who, according to the theory of the State, were likewise independently suborned to testify to distinct facts in the trial for murder; and there was evidence that the defendant at night made many visits to the house of the Greens for the purpose…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
(after stating the foregoing facts.) The crime of subornation of perjury is usually committed in secret, by word of mouth, without leaving any of the physical signs- affoiding circumstantial evidence by which other offenses are so often established. Hence the books contain comparatively few cases on the subject; and while we have had from both sides arguments of marked ability, we find little direct authority on the only question orally argued, as to whether the perjurer is the accessory and accomplice of the suborner.. 1. The defendant demurred to the indictment, on the ground that a…
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