United States v. Simon
District Court, W.D. Washington
Indictment of a bankrupt for perjury committed in giving testimony under oath before a referee in support of contested claims against his bankrupt estate. Demurrer to the indictment sustained.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
By the indictment the defendant is accused of the crime of perjury, committed by giving false testimony under oath in support of claims against his estate (he being a bankrupt) before a referee in the investigation of the claims referred to. The defendant on being arraigned demurred to the indictment, specifying three grounds, the first of which is that the charge of perjury cannot be predicated upon false testimony in bankruptcy proceedings, under the act of July 1, 1898, c. 541 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3418], for the reason that there is no law of the United States…
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