Case Name: Negro Clara v. Thomas Ewell
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1820-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 208
Docket Number: 
Parties: Negro Clara v. Thomas Ewell.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 208–208

Head Matter:
Negro Clara v. Thomas Ewell.
An old entry in a memorandum-book of a deceased person, stating the ages of the several members of the writer’s family, may be given in evidence to prove the age of a witness.
To prove the age of Mrs. Storer, a witness in this cause, the defendant offered a memorandum-book in the handwriting of the Rev. Lee Massy, deceased, dated April 19th, 1777, in which he stated the names and ages of his family, who were then inoculated for the small-pox, and the different modes of treatment, and different doses of medicine for their respective ages. Mrs. Storer was then one.of his family, and her name was placed in the class of those between six and ten years old.
Mr. Jones, for the plaintiff,
objected to the competency of the evidence.

Opinion:
But
the Court
(nem. con.) overruled the objection, and permitted the memorandum to be read to the jury.