Case Name: The State v. Samuel Lockwood, 3d
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1786-08
Citations: 1 Kirby 106
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Samuel Lockwood, 3d.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 106–106

Head Matter:
The State v. Samuel Lockwood, 3d.
The Superior Court may take cognizance of the crime of perjury and forgery.
INFORMATION for perjury. Mr. Davenport, of counsel for tbe prisoner, objected to tbe jurisdiction: ITe urged, that tbe Court of Common Pleas is tbe only court wbicb by law can take cognizance of tbe crime of perjury: Tbat by bigb crimes and misdemeanors, mentioned in tbe statute, is intended only sucb bigb offenses as have no express punishment by law annexed; and as tbe statute baa ascertained tbe punishment for perjury, wbicb does not extend to life, limb, or banishment, it cannot be cognizable by tbe Superior Court.

Opinion:
Ellsworth, J.,
observed, That in a case of forgery at "Windham, tbe same exception was taken, and overruled by tbe court: And,
Tbe Court held, tbat they might take cognizance of tbe crime of perjury.