State v. Wallis

“ ‘Perjury requires a higher measure of proof than any other crime known to the law, treason alone excepted.’ ” People v. O’Donnell, 132 Cal. App. (2d) 840, 845, 283 P. (2d) 714. .

From a conviction of perjury in the first degree for falsely testifying in the trial of one DiLuzio charged with selling beer to minors, this appeal is taken. The charging part of the information is “ ‘. . . that he had never heard the said Romeo DiLuzio, Jr., make any statement or do any act indicating knowledge of any sale of intoxicating liquor to the said Leo Podd . . . ’ ” at the time and place mentioned. The…