Rich v. United States

The opinion of rhe court was delivered by

Green, C. J.:

— The appellant was prosecuted in the district court of Oklahoma county for the crime of perjury, alleged to have been committed in the local land office, on the trial of a land contest before the register and receiver, wherein John H. Engbring was contestant and Lemuel A. Perry was contestee. On the trial in the district court, before the court and a jury, the appellant was found guilty as charged in the indictment; and a motion for a new trial and in arrest of judgment was overruled; and, by the judgment of the court, appellant was…