Case Name: United States v. Negro Randall
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1823-05
Citations: 2 Cranch 412
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Negro Randall.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
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: 412–412

Head Matter:
United States v. Negro Randall.
After the jury is sworn, in a capital case, and the cause has been opened, the Court cannot, without the prisoner’s consent, discharge a juror, at his own request.
Indictment, for a rape on Maria Schoals.
After the jury was sworn, and the Attorney for the United States had advanced considerably in opening the case, John Morgan, a quaker, one of the jurors, asked the Court to excuse him from serving on the jury in this case, as he could not, consistently with his feelings, serve in a case of life and death.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
said they could not now excuse the juror, without the consent of the prisoner ; which was not given ; and the juror was not excused.