Blaufus v. . People
New York Court of Appeals
Error to the General Term of the Superior Court of Buffalo to review judgment, affirming a judgment of the criminal term of said court, entered upon a verdict finding the plaintiff in error guilty of the crime of subornation of perjury.
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Error to the General Term of the Superior Court of Buffalo to review judgment, affirming a judgment of the criminal term of said court, entered upon a verdict finding the plaintiff in error guilty of the crime of subornation of perjury. It appeared, upon the trial, that the plaintiff in error had formerly been indicted for larceny; that one Ferdinand Vorst was on that trial called as a witness on his behalf; Vorst was indicted for perjury thereon, and was tried and a verdict of guilty given against him. The indictment here was for suborning the said Vorst on'that trial, who was now called as…
1Opinion of the CourtFolger, J.
The plaintiff* in error was tried at a criminal term of the Superior Court, of the city of Buffalo, for a violation of the statute against the subornation of perjury ; (2 R. S., p. 681, § 3.) The people, to maintain, the issue on their behalf, called as a witness one Frederick Vorst. The plaintiff in error objected to any testimony being given by that person, on the ground that he had been tried and con victecl of the crime of perjury, and that he was incompetent by statute. The statute relied upon is in these words: “ Every person who shall wilfully and corruptly swear, testify or affirm,…
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