District Court, D. Washington December 10, 1890 (United States v. Manion)

Hanford, J.

This indictment is founded upon section 5392, Rev. St. U. S., which reads as follows:

“Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any ease in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration,' deposition, or