Case Name: STATE v. RUSKIN
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1927-12-14
Citations: 5 Ohio Law Abs. 826
Docket Number: No. 20452
Parties: STATE v. RUSKIN.
Judges: (Marshall, CJ., Allen, Kinkade, Robinson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.)
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 5
Pages: 826–826

Head Matter:
STATE v. RUSKIN.
Ohio Supreme Court.
No. 20452.
Decided Dec. 14, 1927.

Opinion:
DAY, J.
1. In a prosecution for subornation of perjury, while there must he corroborative evidence as to the perjury of the person suborned, the fact that such person was induced by the accused to commit the crime may be shown by the uncorroborated -testimony of the person suborned, if it satisfies the jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. In the trial of one accused of subornation of perjury, it must appear beyond the existence of a reasonable doubt that the alleged perjured testimony of the person suborned was under oath duly and legally administered; and where there is sufficient evidence to show that the oath was administered by a person authorized by law to administer oaths, under circumsatnces indicating that such witness by his unequivocal and present act took upon himself the obligation of an oath, a verdict of guilty based upon such conclusion will not be disturbed.
(Marshall, CJ., Allen, Kinkade, Robinson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.)