Mississippi Supreme Court, 1911

Wofford v. State

Wofford v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided March 15, 1911 · Smith
99 Miss. 759; 56 So. 162

Wofford v. State

Opinion of the Court

Smith, J.,

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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