In Re Bennethum

162 A.2d 429 (1960)

Matter of William H. BENNETHUM.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

June 24, 1960.

S. Samuel Arsht, Wilmington, for Censor Committee of the Supreme Court.

David B. Coxe, Jr., Wilmington, for William H. Bennethum.

Counsel for respondent argues that the only evidence on which this Court made the finding of false swearing is the evidence presented in the federal criminal trial. Authority is cited for the proposition that the record of the case in which the perjured testimony was given is admissible only to prove the giving of the testimony and not to prove perjury. 70 C.J.S. Perjury § 59,…