STATE v. SAILOR

No. 366.

81 S.E.2d 191 (1954)

240 N.C. 113

STATE v. SAILOR.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. B. Sherrin, Jr., Concord, for defendant-appellant.

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., Claude L. Love, Asst. Atty. Gen., William P. Mayo, Member of Staff, Washington, for the State.


WINBORNE, Justice.

Subornation of perjury, the crime of which defendant stands convicted, consists in procuring another to commit the crime of perjury. G.S. § 14-210; State v. Chambers, 180 N.C. 705, 104 S.E. 670; State v. Cannon, 227 N.C. 336, 42 S.E.2d 343; Bell v. State, 5 Ga.App. 701, 63 S.E. 860.

The principle is aptly stated by Hill, C. J., in the Bell case, supra, in this manner: "The crime of subornation of perjury consists of two essential elements...

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