Case Name: Melvin v. Lackland
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1825-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 636
Docket Number: 
Parties: Melvin v. Lackland.
Judges: (Morsell, 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: 636–636

Head Matter:
Melvin v. Lackland.
No paper can be read in evidence to the jury without the leave of the Court.
Mr. Coxe, for the defendant,
offered to read a paper in evidence to the jury, to which the plaintiff’s counsel objected.

Opinion:
The Court
(Morsell, J., absent,)
was divided in opinion upon its admissibility. The question then occurred as to the effect of this division of opinion, that is, whether the paper should be read or rejected.
The Court agreed, that no paper can be read in evidence to the jury, without the leave of the Court; and, as the Court could not agree to admit it to be read, it must be considered as rejected. The paper was not read.