United States v. Brown
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from an order refusing a new trial and from a judgment of conviction of the district court of the first, district. The opinion states the facts. Cited 1 Greenleaf Ev. sec. 259; 2 Wharton Crim. Law,, sec. 1317; Wharton Crim. Ev. sec. 387; 2 Bishop Crim. Law, sec. 1044; Swartz v. Corn, 21 Am. Rep. 366; Freeman v. State, 4 Am. Crim. Rep. 470; State v. Williams, 30 Mo. 364; Or user v. State, 10 Ohio 259; People v. Evans, 40 N. Y. 1, Lawson Presump.
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Appeal from an order refusing a new trial and from a judgment of conviction of the district court of the first, district. The opinion states the facts. Cited 1 Greenleaf Ev. sec. 259; 2 Wharton Crim. Law,, sec. 1317; Wharton Crim. Ev. sec. 387; 2 Bishop Crim. Law, sec. 1044; Swartz v. Corn, 21 Am. Rep. 366; Freeman v. State, 4 Am. Crim. Rep. 470; State v. Williams, 30 Mo. 364; Or user v. State, 10 Ohio 259; People v. Evans, 40 N. Y. 1, Lawson Presump. Ev. 433, 453 and cases cited.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, J.:
Tbe defendant was convicted in tbe first district court at Provo of perjury committed in violation of section 5392 of tbe Bevised Statutes of tbe United States, wbicb is as follows: “Every person wbo, having taken an oatb before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in wbicb a law of tbe United States authorizes an oatb to be administered, that be will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oatb states or subscribes any material…
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