AJ 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Moe Williams, False Statement, Affidavit

• School: Pasadena City College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 010
• Professor: Gallon

Document Summary

In roman and roman-dutch law the crime was known either as perineurium or as a form of one of the criminal falsi. The statement constituting perjury can be either verbal or in the form of an affidavit. In english law objective falsity is not required: subjective falsity is sufficient. Cases where the truth is told by a witness who intends to lie may be punished as attempted perjury or as defeating or obstructing the course of justice. The false statement may be express or implied, which means that the prosecution may rely on an innuendo in the words of x to prove that he made a false statement. In vallabh,for example, it was held that the words of a witness i have already stated what i heard fairly imply that he heard nothing more. If the prosecution relies on an innuendo, the inference sought to be drawn from.