Whittle v. State

Citations

• 79 Miss. 327

Syllabus

<p>1. CRIMINAL Law. Perjury. Trial. Evidence. Record.</p> <p>Under an indictment for perjury, the trial of the cause in which the false swearing is charged to have been committed must be proved by the record, if it be in existence.</p> <p>2. Same. Quantum of proof.</p> <p>If a conviction of perjury be sought only on the ground that defend ant knew nothing of, and was not present at, the scene of the transaction about which he gave testimony, it is essential to his conviction that the state should prove by two witnesses, or one witness and corroborating circumstances, beyond a reasonable doubt arising from the evidence, that defendant was not present at the scene.</p>