American lawyer and government official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alger Hiss">Alger Hiss</a> is convicted of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perjury" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Perjury">perjury</a>.