People v. Doody
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Kings county court. Daniel Doody was convicted of perjury, and he appeals. In 1896 and 1897 Theodore B. Willis was commissioner of city works in-the city of Brooklyn; Robert W. Fielding -was deputy commissioner of city works; William E. Phillips resided in Brooklyn, and was a brother-in-law of Theodore B. Willis; Oscar Knapp was a water purveyor; Frederick Milne was an engineer in the water purveyor’s office; A. Lawrence Jensen was financial clerk in the…
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Appeal from Kings county court. Daniel Doody was convicted of perjury, and he appeals. In 1896 and 1897 Theodore B. Willis was commissioner of city works in-the city of Brooklyn; Robert W. Fielding -was deputy commissioner of city works; William E. Phillips resided in Brooklyn, and was a brother-in-law of Theodore B. Willis; Oscar Knapp was a water purveyor; Frederick Milne was an engineer in the water purveyor’s office; A. Lawrence Jensen was financial clerk in the comptroller’s office; William H. Golf was a superintendent and inspector in the sewer department; Joseph R. Clark was a member…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The statutory definition of “perjury,” so far as it relates to this case, is:
“A person who swears * * * that he will truly testify * * * on any occasion in which an oath is required by law or is necessary for the prosecution or defense of a private right or for the ends of public justice or may lawfully be administered, and who in such action * * * willfully and knowingly testifies * * * falsely in any material matter or states in his testimony * * * any material matter to be true which he knows to be false, is guilty of perjury.”
On the Fielding trial, when it is claimed that Doody committed…
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- State v. . KnoxSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1867
- State v. CruikshankIndiana Supreme Court · 1841
- State v. HendersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
- People v. McKinneyNew York Supreme Court · 1857
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