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Wofford v. State

Citations

  • 99 Miss. 759
  • 56 So. 162

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Instructions. Weight of evidence.</p> <p>An instruction that, “if the jury believe that any witness has testified falsely in the case to any material matter, they have a right to reject all of the testimony of such witness, if they see proper,” is erroneous in omitting the qualifying clause that the false swearing must have been intentionally and corruptly done.</p>

Judges: Smith

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