Case Name: United States v. William Hudland
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1837-05
Citations: 5 Cranch 309
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. William Hudland.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 5
Pages: 309–309

Head Matter:
United States v. William Hudland.
A witness, upon cross-examination, is not to be. questioned as to any fact, tending to disgrace him, which the party would not be permitted to prove aliunde.
Indictment for assault and battery.
Mr. Semmes, for the defendant,
in cross-examining John Dixon, a witness for the United States, asked him whether he had been indicted for treason.

Opinion:
The Court interposed, and said that this Court, after argument, had lately decided, in Washington, that a witness should not, in cross-examination, be asked a question as to any fact, tending to disgrace him, which the party would not be permitted to prove aliunde.
Verdict, not guilty.