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Case No. 3,394.
    CRITTENDEN v. STROTHER.
    [2 Crunch, C. C. 464.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    April Term, 1824.
    Witness—Privilege of Attorney.
    If the plaintiff examines his attorney as a witness, he waives his privilege, and upon cross-examination the attorney is bound to answer generally.
    [Action of] debt [by Robert Crittenden against Pendleton Strother] on bond. Plea: Gaming debt.
    Mr. Hall, the plaintiff’s attorney,
    offered himself as a witness, and testified in behalf of the plaintiff. Upon his cross-examination he objected to answer a question, claiming the privilege of his client.
   THE COURT

said, that when his client examined him as a witness in his favor, he must be considered as waiving his privilege.

Verdict for defendant.