Case Name: UNITED STATES v. MILBURN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-11
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 1242
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. MILBURN.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge,_ absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 1242–1242

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,764.
UNITED STATES v. MILBURN.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 501.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1824.
Bribery—Previous Declarations.
Upon the trial of an indictment for offering a bribe to a witness, the previous declarations of the defendant of his motives for offering it, cannot be given in evidence by the defendant.
Mr. Taylor, for defendant,
offered evidence that [George] Milburn, before the offer of the bribe, said he intended to offer it. to show how easily the witnesses might be bribed, so as to discredit them, not intending to pay the bribe.

Opinion:
But
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge,_ absent)
rejected the evidence.