Case Name: United States v. Daniel McPherson
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1808-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 517
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Daniel McPherson.
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: 517–517

Head Matter:
United States v. Daniel McPherson.
Peremptory challenge not allowed in cases of larceny.
Indictment for stealing, under the Act of Congress of April 30th, 1790, ■§> 16, [1 Stat. at Large, 116.]
It was conceded by Mr. Morsell, for the prisoner, that he had not a right to peremptory challenge.

Opinion:
Cranch, C. J., and Duckett, J.,
were of opinion, .but did not deliver it, that the prisoner was not entitled to a peremptory challenge.
In the case of United States v. Carrigo, at Alexandria, in January, 1802, [ante, 49,] it was refused by the Court. Upon examining W. Cranch's notes in Washington, he could find no case in which it had been allowed in Washington. It has.been lately allowed in Alexandria, by the assent of the Attorney for the United States. It was never allowed in Mr. Mason's time.