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UNITED STATES v. FORD

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99 U.S. 594 (1879)

25 L.Ed. 399

UNITED STATES, v. FORD. UNITED STATES, v. FORD. UNITED STATES, v. ONE STILL. UNITED STATES, v. FIFTY BARRELS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS. UNITED STATES, v. THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN BARRELS OF WHISKEY. UNITED STATES, v. FOUR HUNDRED BARRELS OF DISTILLED SPIRITS. UNITED STATES, v. FOUR HUNDRED PACKAGES OF DISTILLED SPIRITS. UNITED STATES, v. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BARRELS OF WHISKEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 7, 1879.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney-General for the United States.

Mr. Edward Jussen and Mr. Charles H. Reed, contra.

MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

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.<...

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