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Show THOUGHT LITTLE OF PERJURY. Youth Willing to Make False Affidavit Without Compunction. A prominent Brooklyn lawyer tolls me that perjury Is one of tho very commonest forms of crime committed In New York. "It's got so," says he, "that comparatively com-paratively few people seem to have any Idea of the sanctity of an oath or any fear of punishment for swearing; to a lie. Indeed, many people act as If they did not know that they are doing wrong when they mako false affidavits. Not long ago a young business busi-ness man, son of a very worthy father, retained mo In a little case involving something under $1,000. Just before I was to submit tho papers 'u the caso to the court, my client happened to speak, In the most incidental way, of his wife, and I happened to remember remem-ber that In his affidavit ho had described de-scribed himself as a single man. '"Oh, that'H all right,' said he, as If tho perjury wero of no Importance whatever. 'I don't want the old folks to know just yet that I am married.' "Now, there was a young man of good family, fine education and excellent excel-lent prospects, who, for a little matter of less than $1,000, stood ready to perjure per-jure himself in the most matter-of-course way, and he seemed to think I was a good deal of an old fogy, with strange back-number notions, when I Insisted that ho must either make a new and truthful affidavit or drop the caso altogether." Brooklyn Eagle. |