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WEILER v. UNITED STATES

No. 340.

323 U.S. 606 (1945)

WEILER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 29, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Peter P. Zion and Hirsh W. Stalberg for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Wechsler argued the cause, and Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Messrs. W. Marvin Smith, Robert S. Erdahl, and Miss Beatrice Rosenberg were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This Court stated in Hammer v. United States, 271 U.S. 620, 626, that "The general rule in prosecutions for perjury is that the uncorroborated oath of one witness is not enough to establish the falsity of the testimony of the accused set forth in the indictment." The question here is whether it is reversible error to refuse...

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