Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1807-11-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 25 F. Cas. 1052 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 456
Opinion
.THE COURT, at July term, 1808, quashed tiie indictment, being of opinion that it did not set foxfh an offence at common law, or under the statute; inasmuch as by the common law, the coroner was not bound to put •down in writing the evidence, or the effect •of it, and the statute required it to be done only when, by the inquisition, some person Is indicted for murder or manslaughter.