Case Name: United States v. James McGurk
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-03
Citations: 1 Cranch 71
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. James McGurk.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 71–72

Head Matter:
United States v. James McGurk.
On a trial for murder the dying declarations of the deceased are evidence.
Indictment, for the murder of his wife, by beating her, while pregnant with twins, so as to produce a miscarriage and consequent death.

Opinion:
The CouRT
permitted her dying declarations to be given in evidence.
The authorities, cited upon the trial were : 1 Hawk. 124; Forster's Cr. Law, 256, 138, 259 ; Leach's Crown Cases, 141; 4 Bl. Cora. 195 ; 1 Gilb. L. E. 303 ; 2 Hale, 289 ; Woodcock's case; Leach's Cr. Ca. 437, 563, case 218; 1 Bl. Com. 442.
The prisoner was condemned, and executed October 28th, 1802.