 | Puerto Rico. Supreme Court - 1905 - 656 pages
...perjury, such proof consisting in the demonstration by legal means that the accused, having sworn to testify, declare, depose, or certify truly before...officer or person, in any of the cases in which such oath may by law be administered, stated as true any material matter which he knew to be false, and... | |
 | Canal Zone. Supreme Court - 1909 - 524 pages
...Law, Eleventh Edition, sec. 1508.) The Penal Code of the Canal Zone (section 104) provides as follows: Every person who, having taken an oath that he will...true any material matter which he knows to be false, is guilty of perjury. The crime so defined is one of the most serious known to the criminal law. It... | |
 | John H. Schively - 1909 - 872 pages
...and the oath was administered to him to tell the truth. I will read to you the statute on perjury: Every person who, having taken an oath that he will testify, declare, depose, and certify truthfully before any competent tribunal, officer or person, in any of the cases in which... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Arthur Remington, Solon Dickerson Williams - 1910 - 846 pages
...the perjury was assigned. Bal. Code, § 7185 (PC § 1695), defines the crime of perjury as follows: "Every person who, having taken an oath that he will...may by law be administered, wilfully and contrary to his oath, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false, is guilty of perjury." The... | |
 | 1910 - 1180 pages
...in any of the cases in -which such an oath may by law be administered, willfully and contrary to his oath, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false, Is guilty of perjury." The requisites of an indictment or information for perjury are thus stated :... | |
 | Puerto Rico. Supreme Court - 1911 - 944 pages
...that State are counterparts of sections 117 and 122 of our Penal Code. These sections provide that : "Every person who, having taken an oath that he will...true any material matter which he knows to be false, is guilty of perjury. It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the oath was administered... | |
 | California - 1915 - 1172 pages
...innocent person. I 129. False return under oath, whether oath is taken or not. § 118. Perjury defined. Every person who, having taken an oath that he will...in which such an oath may by law be administered, willfully and contrary to such oath, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false,... | |
 | Arizona. Supreme Court - 1917 - 708 pages
...false, and which he then and there knew was false. ..." The statute defining perjury is as follows: "Every person who, having taken an oath that he will...in which such an oath may by law be administered, willfully and contrary to such oath, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false,... | |
 | 1920 - 1200 pages
...oaths. By section 118 of the Penal Code it is provided that— "Every person who, having taken an onth that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify...in which such an oath may by law be administered, willfully and contrary to such oath, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false,... | |
 | California - 1921 - 1074 pages
...of innocent person. False return under oath, whether oath is taken or not. §118. PERJURY DEFINED. Every person who, having taken an oath that he will...true any material matter which he knows to be false, is guilty of perjury. History: Enacted February 14, 1872, founded on § 82 Criminal Practice Act, Stats.... | |
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Every person who, having taken an oath that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly before any competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any of the cases in which such an oath may by law be administered, wilfully and contrary to such oath,... 
