Williford v. State

Ben C. Williford was indicted for the offense of perjury. The indictment contained five counts. In the first count it is alleged that he “did wilfully and knowingly swear absolutely falsely in a judicial proceeding in the superior court of Fulton County,” this proceeding being a petition to disbar defendant Ben C. Williford from the practice of law in the State of Georgia, in that he did file in the superior court of Fulton County a plea of res adjudicata to said suit, wherein he alleged in paragraph 1: “That on the 5th day of January, 1922, there was a suit filed against this defendant to…