The United States v. Daniel
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an indictment in the Circuit Court of South Carolina against Lewis Daniel, charging him with having knowledge of the actual commission of the crime of wilful murder, committed on the high séá, by John Furlong; and with unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously, concealing the same, &c.
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This was an indictment in the Circuit Court of South Carolina against Lewis Daniel, charging him with having knowledge of the actual commission of the crime of wilful murder, committed on the high séá, by John Furlong; and with unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously, concealing the same, &c. The indictment set forth, at large, the indictment and conviction óf John Furlong, for wilful murder on the high seas, and then charged Lewis Daniel with the knowledge and concealment of that murder, and . with not having disclosed the same,-in the words of the act of Congress. The prisoner was tried on…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
The indictment in this case is certainly sufficient to sustain a judgment according to the verdict, and all the other proceedings are regular. There is therefore no cause for arresting the judgment.'
The motion for a new trial has never, before been brought to this Court bn a division of opinion in the Circuit Court. It had been decided, that a writ of error could not bé sustained to any opinion on such motion, and the reasons for that decision seemed entitled to great weight, when, urged against determining such a motion in this Court, in a case, where .the judges at the circuits were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. FurlongSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
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