People v. Doody
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Daniel Doody, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the; clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of December, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of perjury. This appeal was transferred from the second department to the third department.
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Appeal by the defendant, Daniel Doody, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the; clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of December, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury convicting him of the crime of perjury. This appeal was transferred from the second department to the third department. In 1896 and 1897 Theodore B. Willis was commissioner of city works in the .city Of Brooklyn; Robert W. Fielding was deputy commissioner of city works ; William E. Phillips resided in Brooklyn and was a brother-in-law of Theodore B. Willis;…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
The statutory definition of perjury, so far as it relates to this case, is: “A person who swears * * * that he will truly testify * * * on any occasion in which an oath is required by law or is necessary for the prosecution or defense of a private right or for the ends of public justice or may lawfully be administered and who in such action * * * wilfully and knowingly testifies * * * falsely in any material matter or states in his testimony * * * any material matter to be true which he knows to be false, is guilty of perjury.” (Penal Oode, § 96.)
On the Fielding trial when it is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- State v. . KnoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1867
- State v. HendersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
- People v. McKinneyNew York Supreme Court · 1857
3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. . DoodyNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- People v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- People v. HenryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- People v. PhillipsNew York Supreme Court · 1958
- People ex rel. Madigan v. SturgisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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