Case Name: UNITED STATES v. GLOVER
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1831-12
Citations: 25 F. Cas. 1339
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. GLOVER.
Judges: (AIORSELL. Circuit Judge, absent),
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 25
Pages: 1339–1340

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,218.
UNITED STATES v. GLOVER.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 190.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1831.
Perjury—Promissory Oath.
A promissory oath cannot be the subject of an indictment for perjury.
Indictment for perjury, upon the insolvent’s oath that he would “deliver up, convey, and transfer all his property,” &c„ but •he did not deliver up a promissory note which he had obtained after having made ■oath to his scnedule, and before his oath made before the judge.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.)

Opinion:
THE COURT
(AIORSELL. Circuit Judge, absent),
at the request of Mr. Wallaeh and Mr. Dandridge, for the defendant, instructed the jury that a promissory oath could not be the subject of a prosecution for perjury.