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United States v. Harris, 311 U.S. 292 (1940)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Harris, 311 U.S. 292 (1940)
United States v. Harris No. 52 Argued November 22, 1940 Decided December 9, 1940 * 311 U.S. 292
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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1. An indictment charging the defendant with having falsely testified under oath before a federal grand jury -- in answer to a question material to the investigation, and knowing the answer to be false -- that he did not make certain statements to Government agents concerning earlier conversations with others regarding the operation of places of ill repute sufficiently charges perjury in violation of § 125 of the Criminal Code. Pp. 293, 295.
2. The alleged perjury consists not in the accused’s having contradicted before the grand jury earlier statements made by him in conversation with others, but in his having sworn falsely that he had never told Government agents he had made such statements. P. 294.
Reversed.
Appeal under the Criminal Appeals Act from an order of the District Court quashing an indictment for perjury.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Harris, 311 U.S. 292 (1940) in 311 U.S. 292 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ARH5Q1JI1BUBSRQ.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Harris, 311 U.S. 292 (1940), in 311 U.S. 292, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ARH5Q1JI1BUBSRQ.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Harris, 311 U.S. 292 (1940). cited in 1940, 311 U.S. 292. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ARH5Q1JI1BUBSRQ.
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