Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1801-06-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 25 F. Cas. 440 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 13
Opinion
Indictment [against John Clancey], under the act of congress, for stealing the goods of Luke O’Dea. The attorney for the United States offered the owner of the goods as a witness. The counsel for the prisoner objected, because, by the act of congress, half of the fine Is to go to the owner. The witness executed a release to the United States of his half of the fine, whereupon he was sworn.