Saunders v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Nowhere in our statutes may the requirement be found which demands that witnesses who testify before the Legislature or any of its committees shall be sworn. Article 5429a, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., merely empowers members of the Legislature to administer oaths to witnesses who appear before either House or a committee thereof and does no more than add members of the Legislature to those enumerated in Article 26, V.A.C.S., as those who are authorized to administer oaths. Can it be said that an oath administered by any of those persons . .. enumerated in Articles 26 or 5429a, supra, is, per se, one which is required by law? We think not.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Douglas

2. “The cases which have been before this court wherein a conviction for perjury was authorized upon a false affidavit or statement outside of and unconnected with a judicial proceeding are based upon the proposition that there must exist a valid statute, a valid law, which requires the making of the affidavit or statement under oath.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Douglas