United States v. Craig
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
The prisoner [J. W. Craig] was indicted for counterfeiting sundry notes of different denominations, purporting to be notes of the Bank of the United States; and for having in. his possession other blank notes, in the similitude of the notes of that bank, with intent. &c.
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The prisoner [J. W. Craig] was indicted for counterfeiting sundry notes of different denominations, purporting to be notes of the Bank of the United States; and for having in. his possession other blank notes, in the similitude of the notes of that bank, with intent. &c. The following points of evidence were ruled: by the court: 1. That the evidence given in the case of U. S. v. Moses [Case No. 15,825], of the press, and the parts fitting It, having been found, the former in the house of the brother of Reuben Moses, and the latter in the house of Reuben.Moses, may be given in this case;…
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit .Justice.
It is insisted by the district attorney that by compelling the witness to answer the question “whether B. Johnson had told him that if he would come to his house on a certain day he would have Moses, the prisoner there:” the court departed from the reason and policy of the general rule first laid down; that the witness was not bound to disclose the name of the person from whom the confidential information came which led to the detection and apprehension of the accused. The court think quite otherwise. In the latter ease individual security is not sacrificed to…
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