Case Name: Respublica versus Askew
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1792
Citations: 2 Dall. 189
Docket Number: 
Parties: Respublica versus Askew.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 189–189

Head Matter:
Respublica versus Askew.
THE defendant was indicted for a libel; and at the last Nisi Prius, retracted his plea and submitted, protesting his innocence, &c. He now appeared to receive judgment, and his own affidavit was offered to be read in mitigation of the fine.

Opinion:
But,
by the Court:
—It has been usual to hear the defendant without oath ; but we have never known his affidavit received, although it goes only in mitigation of the fine.
Affidavit refused.