Morgan v. State

Citations

• 63 Miss. 162

Syllabus

<p>Perjury. Knowingly swearing falsely. Instruction.</p> <p>In the trial of an indictment charging perjury in giving testimony, an instruction which, in effect, tells the jury to convict if they believe, from the testimony of one witness and corroborating circumstances, that the defendant did testify falsely, as charged in the indictment, and knew, when he did so, that he was swearing falsely, is good, though it omit to charge that the swearing must have been willful and corrupt; for if the defendant testified what he knew to be false, he swore willfully, and if willfully then corruptly also.</p>