Case Name: UNITED STATES v. McGURK
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-03
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 1097
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. McGURK.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 1097–1097

Head Matter:
Case Ho. 15,680.
UNITED STATES v. McGURK.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 71.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
March Term, 1802.
Ckim inau Law—Murder—Evidence—Dying Declarations.
On a trial for murder the dying declarations of the deceased are evidence.
Indictment [against James McGurk] for the murder of his wife, by beating her, while pregnant with twins, so as to produce a miscarriage and consequent death.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
permitted her dying declarations to be given in evidence. The authorities, cited upon the trial were 1 Hawk. P. C. 124; Fost. Crown Law, 138, 256, 259; Leach, 141; 4 Bl. Comm. 195; 1 Gilb. Ev. 303; 2 Hale, P. C. 289; Woodcock's Case; Leach, 437, 563, case 218; 1 Bl. Comm. 442.
The prisoner was condemned, and executed October 28th, 1802.