United States v. Reid
Supreme Court of the United States
This case carpe up from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, upon a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. The facts are all stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This case comes before the court upon a certificate of division between the judges of the Circuit Court'for the District of Virginia.
Thomas Reid and Edward Clements-were jointly indicted for murder, committed by them on the high- seas, on board the American ship J. B. Lindsey.
They were, by the permission of the court, separately tried, and, upon the trial of Reid, he proposed to call Clements as a witness on his behalf. The court rejected the testimony, being of opinion that, as he was jointly indicted with the prisoner on the trial, he was not a competent witness.. Reid was found guilty by…
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