State v. Harris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Perskie, J.

rThis is a criminal case. Plaintiff in error, defendant below, was convicted of willfully swearing falsely and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the penitentiary of Essex County for a term of eighteen months at hard labor. Defendant appeals. The judgment under review is before us on a writ of error (R. 8. 2:195 — 1), and on the entire record had upon the trial of the cause. R. 8. 2:195-16.

The indictment, trial and conviction were based upon the provisions of R. 8. 2 :157-4 to R. 8. 2:157-8, inclusive. It would serve no helpful purpose to…