Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Date: 1801-07-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 1 Cranch 13 · 1 D.C. 13
Opinion
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.