United States v. Gray

District Court, E.D. New York
United States v. Gray, 255 F. 98 (1918)
1918 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 684

United States v. Gray

Opinion of the Court

GARVIN, District Judge.

Defendant has been convicted of willfully and corruptly swearing falsely before a special commissioner in a bankruptcy proceeding, and now moves to set aside the verdict and for a new trial, claiming that perjury'has not been proved. In my opinion, when the witness undertook to answer a question by which it was sought to ascertain what other places she had, and when she failed to state those places, such failure was equivalent to swearing to a statement of assets which was incomplete. The latter is perjury. United States v. Nihols, 4 McLean, 23, Fed. Cas. No. 15,880.

Motion to set aside verdict denied.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES v. GRAY
Status
Published