through a contribution from Google.
Case No. 14,810.
UNITED STATES v. CLARKE.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 152.]1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1818.
NEW TRIAL—PAPERS TAKEN OUT BY JURY.
If the jury take out the coroner's inquest and depositions, and find the defendant guilty of murder a new trial will be granted.
Indictment [against Michael Clarke] for murder of defendant's wife.
The jury, when they retired, took out with them the coroner's inquest and depositions, without leave or consent of the prisoner's counsel, and having returned with a verdict guilty.
THE COURT granted a new trial.
[See Case No. 14,811.]
1 [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
This volume of American Law was transcribed for use on the Internet
through a contribution from Google.