97 Ga. 672 | Ga. | 1896
Perjury consists in wilfully, knowingly, absolutely and falsely swearing (or affirming) as to a matter material to the issue or point in question in some judicial proceeding, by one to whom a lawful oath or affirmation has been administered. Code, §4460. Subornation of perjury consists in procuring another to commit this crime-. Code, §4464. An attempt to commit subornation of perjury consists in attempting or endeavoring to^ induce another to do an act which, if committed, would itself amount to perjury.
The indictment in the present case alleged that a barn had been wilfully and maliciously burned; that on a day stated, the accused attempted “to commit the crime of subornation of perjury, by then and there unlawfully, wilfully, wickedly and. feloniously soliciting and offering to John Whittier one hundred dollars to wilfully, knowingly, absolutely and falsely swear that one Henry Pope burned the said barn, when in truth and in fact the said Henry Pope did not burn the said bam, and [the accused] then and there well knew it.”