1Thomas Jefferson to Christopher Clark, 2 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Reflecting on the case of mr Robertson , which I think a very cruel one, a doubt has occurred to me, which probably has to you also; but lest it should not, I will suggest it. I do not think that information, given in to a grand jury (even if it were false) is perjury in law. a grandjury is no magistracy, no tribunal, has not therefore the power of administering an oath. it is a body merely...