Case Name: Matthew Barron, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, defendants in error
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1848-06
Citations: 4 How. Pr. 446
Docket Number: 
Parties: Matthew Barron, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, defendants in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Howard's Practice Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 446–446

Head Matter:
Matthew Barron, plaintiff in error, vs. The People, defendants in error.
—Judgment reversed, venire de novo, by New Yorlc Oyer and Terminer.
Edward Sandford, for plaintiff in error;
John M’Keon, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
The deposition of a witness taken in a criminal case pursuant to the statute (1844, p. 476, § 11) relating to certain offences committed in the city of Mew York, may be read in evidence on the trial of an indictment on proof th&i, the witness is a non-resident of the city at the time of the trial, and was so when the deposition was taken. (Reported, 1 Comstock, 386.