United States v. Ford
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The first two of these cases were actions of debt instituted in the Circuit Court to recover the penalties imposed by sects. 3296 and 3452 of the Revised Statutes.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The first two of these cases were actions of debt instituted in the Circuit Court to recover the penalties imposed by sects. 3296 and 3452 of the Revised Statutes. The remaining cases were instituted in the District Court by way of information under sects. 3281, 3299, 3453, and 3456. The defence in the first case, and it is substantially the same in all, consists of the general issue and the following special plea: — “ And for a further plea in this behalf said defendants say actio non, because they say…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Accomplices in guilt, not previously convicted of an infamous crime, when separately tried are competent witnesses for or against each other; and the universal usage is that such a party, if called and examined by the public prosecutor on the trial of his associates in guilt, will not be prosecuted for the same offence, provided it appears that he acted in good faith and that he testified fully and fairly.
Where the case is not within any statute, the general rule is that if an accomplice, when examined as a witness by the public prosecutor, discloses fully - and fairly the guilt of himself…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Confiscation CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Ex Parte WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- United States v. LeeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Illinois · 1846
3Cited by135 opinions
- United States v. Sonya Evette Singleton, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Matter of DoyleNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Calhoun v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
- Gary Thomas Rowe v. Carl Griffin, Etc., Hon. Jesse O. BryanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- People v. MedinaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
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