Potts v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.
1. (a) For a conviction of perjury, the falsity of t'he testimony of the defendant must be established by two witnesses or one witness and corroborating circumstances. See Code, § 38-121.(b) In the instant case, the falsity of the testimony of the defendant was established by two witnesses. One was Robert Tye Noland, the witness who swore that the defendant was not in Dalton with him at a particular time; and the other was the witness who swore that Robert Tye Noland, at the particular time in question, was at her home in Gilmer County, 35 or 40 miles from Dalton, engaged in robbing her. The…
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