People v. Watson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS

delivered the opinion of the court:

The charge was perjury before the State Board of Elections.

Motion to dismiss was allowed.

We reverse and remand.

Specifically, it was charged that, where by law an oath was required, defendant made a false statement which was material to the issue in question — the notarizing of circulators’ petitions which she did not believe to be true. The alleged false statements consisted of the following:

“Q. Were there any sheets that you received that had already been signed by circulators that you had notarized?

A. Possibly could have been…