Perjury (contradictory Statements Under Oath): Hearing Before a Subcommittee on the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session on S. 933, to Extend the Law Relating to Perjury to the Willful Giving of Contradictory Statements Nder Oath. March 10, 1950 |
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... thought to include those here . That is why it was limited to judicial proceedings . I can see how a statement made in the circumstances which the chairman has just outlined might become a part of a judicial proceed- ing , and I am ...
... thought to include those here . That is why it was limited to judicial proceedings . I can see how a statement made in the circumstances which the chairman has just outlined might become a part of a judicial proceed- ing , and I am ...
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... thought of this other question . When you show the two state- ments that are in contradiction , does not that raise the implication of the presence of all of the necessary elements of crime ? The very statements being contradictory ...
... thought of this other question . When you show the two state- ments that are in contradiction , does not that raise the implication of the presence of all of the necessary elements of crime ? The very statements being contradictory ...
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... thought . You know how slow it is change an old established rule . Mr. DAGGER . Surely . Of course , it seems to me that in the pro of willfulness , the Government in prosecuting for perjury would ha to show all of the surrounding ...
... thought . You know how slow it is change an old established rule . Mr. DAGGER . Surely . Of course , it seems to me that in the pro of willfulness , the Government in prosecuting for perjury would ha to show all of the surrounding ...
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... thought . Our laws have to develop along with our thinking and our experiences . I have never seen any good reason why the old law should be the rule , but I thought maybe by reading some good text on it where some writer had devoted ...
... thought . Our laws have to develop along with our thinking and our experiences . I have never seen any good reason why the old law should be the rule , but I thought maybe by reading some good text on it where some writer had devoted ...
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... thought about it so seriously until it has been presented to me to pass on . I never had an idea I would have a part in a matter like this . A person on the street can have opinions when he has no responsibility . You put the responsi ...
... thought about it so seriously until it has been presented to me to pass on . I never had an idea I would have a part in a matter like this . A person on the street can have opinions when he has no responsibility . You put the responsi ...
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1st sess admin AESS affidavit attorney authorizes an oath believe Blackstone BRARY certify truly chairman committee competent tribunal CONGR THE LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contradictory statements contradictory testimony convicted DAGGER declaration defendant Department of Justice falsity Federal perjury statute Federal statute fully and contrary GARRETT L grand jury guilty of perjury HOMER FERGUSON indicted innocent judicial proceeding June 25 LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY RES LIBRARY THE LIBRARY material matter ment Miss MOYNAHAN otherwise expressly provided proceedings in respect proof proposed amendment prosecutor provided by law quantitative rule RARY RES THE LIBRARY Senator WITHERS single perjurious statement statem statements are involved statements in judicial statements under oath statute of limitations subscribes any material taken an oath testify testimony or statements thing title 18 trial true two-witness rule United States authorizes Wigmore willfully gives witness and corroborating
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Page 2 - Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury...
Page 1 - ... an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Page 1 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 18, United States Code, section 241, is amended to read as follows : "SEC.
Page 1 - Code, chapter 79. to add a new section, 1623, to extend the law relating to perjury to the willful giving of contradictory statements under oath; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Page 2 - The amendment consists of the italicized interpolated addition of the phiase "or willfully gives or makes contradictory testimony or statements in judicial proceedings in respect to any material matter...
Page 1 - ... contradictory testimony or statements in judicial proceedings in respect to any material matter, is guilty of perjury, and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Page 1 - Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:30 am, in room 424, Senate Office Building, Hon.