This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
Whether the matter testified to upon which perjury is assigned is or is not material is a question of law for the court to decide, and not the jury.67
But if by statute the jury are made the judges of the law as well as the evidence, then the accused has the right to have the question of materiality of the testimony submitted for decision by the jury.68
 
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