Wofford v. State
Wofford v. State
99 Miss. 759; 56 So. 162
Wofford v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The fourth instruction, granted by the court at the request of the state, is erroneous. It omits the qualifying-clause that the false swearing must have been intentionally and corruptly done. White v. State, 52 Miss. 216; Railroad Company v. Hedrick, 62 Miss. 28; Railroad Co. v. McCoy, 85 Miss. 391, 37 South. 706; Davis v. State, 89 Miss. 119, 42 South. 541; Bell v. State, 90 Miss. 104, 43 South. 84; Turner v. State, 95 Miss. 879, 50 South. 629; Waldrop v. State, 54 South. 66.
Reversed and remanded.
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