Commonwealth v. Focht

Citations

• 38 Pa. Super. 211
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 114

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Perjury—Evidence.</p> <p>A conviction of perjury in swearing falsely in a proceeding before a mayor, cannot be sustained where it appears that there were proceedings before the mayor against two separate parties, that the defendant testified in one of the proceedings, but that he was not examined in the other proceeding in which he was alleged to have sworn falsely in the indictment.</p>