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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

United States v. William Rutherford.
    If three persons be jointly indicted for a riot, and one only be put upon his trial, the other two haying forfeited their recognizances, cannot be examined as witnesses for the defendant.
    The offender who has committed an infamous offence, is restored to his competency as a witness, by a pardon.
    The defendant and two others were indicted for a riot, and also for a simple assault and battery, in separate counts of the same indictment.
    
      Mr. Tones, for the defendant,
    offered to examine as witnesses, the two who had forfeited their recognizances.
   The Court

(nem. con.) refused.

Mr. Jones then offered to examine as a witness for the defendant, one Golding, who had been convicted under the post-office law of 30 April, 1810, of embezzling letters and stealing banknotes therefrom, but was pardoned by the President.

The Court (nem. con.) permitted him to be sworn.