Case Name: Bassage's case
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1793
Citations: 1 Mart. 126
Docket Number: 
Parties: *Bassage’s case.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 126–126

Head Matter:
*Bassage’s case.
Pasch. 2 Car.
ONE Bassage was appealed by a woman, for the murder of her husband with a quart pot.
Goldsmith. If he is not found guilty of murder; the jury cannot find him guilty of manslaughter.
Jermyn, contra:
They may. Sir Christopher Blunt’s case. Bendl. 142.

Opinion:
Doderidge, J.
The reason is plain: An appeal of manslaughter lies, and murder includes manslaughter.
But he was acquitted.
The court told the jury: there was sufficient proof to find him guilty of manslaughter. Bendl. 172. Cosset's case.