In re Loney

Citations

• 38 F. 101
• 1889 U.S. App. LEXIS 2795

Syllabus

<p>Co cuts — J inn sdiotion — Federal Courts. Defendant was charged before a state court with perjury in having testified falsely before a notary public in a proceeding under Ilcv. St. U. S. c. 8, tit. 2, regulating the taking'of testimony in a contest for a seat in the house of representatives of the united States. Held, that the offense is cognizable only by the federal courts, under Eov. St. U. S. g 5892, providing for the punishment of perjury in any case in which the laws of the United States authorize an oath to be administered, and the second section of the judiciary act of August 18, 1888, giving the United Stales courts exclusive cognizance oí all crimes cognizable under the authority of the United States.</p>