Infamous Crime

A crime which entails infamy upon one who has committed it. See INFAMY. The term “infamous”"—4. ¢., without fame or good report—was applied at common law to cer tain crimes, upon the conviction of which a person became incompetent to testify as a witness, upon the theory that a person would not commit so heinous a crime unless he was so depraved as to be unworthy of credit. These crimes are treason, felouy, and the crimen jalst.

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A crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or penitentiary, with or tution that “no parson shall be r for a capital or otherwise inme unless on 2 presentment or inof a grand jury.”

117 U.S.

348, %, Rep. 777. ous, * as used in the fifth amendment to ited States constitution, in reference to includes those only of the class called n filet," which both involve the charge of od, aad may also injuriously affect the pubistration of justice by introducing falseand fraud. 15 N. B. R. 835. the Revised Statutes of New York the term ous crime,” when used in any statute, is d to be construed as including every offense nishabie with déath or by imprisonment in a fie-prison, and noother, 2 Rey. St. (p. 702, § 31,) 1 § 33.