United States v. Thompson

Section 5392 of the Revised Statutes defines the crime of perjury as a willful statement, made by a person duly sworn to tell the truth of any material matter, which he does not believe; and the following one (5393) enacts: “Every person who procures another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and punishable as in the preceding section prescribed.”

• On April 5th the defendant was indicted and on May 26th convicted of the latter crime, and now moves for a new trial and in arrest of judgment. Briefly, the indictment states that on August 26, 1886, the defendant solicited…