Case Name: United States v. Alfred Taylor
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1833-09
Citations: 4 Cranch 338
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Alfred Taylor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 338–338

Head Matter:
United States v. Alfred Taylor.
The dying declarations of the deceased, made in contemplation of death, may be given in evidence.
A new trial was granted, after conviction of murder, upon newly-discovered evidence, and the venue was changed.
Indictment for murder.

Opinion:
The dying declarations of the deceased were given in evidence against the prisoner, (nein. con.,) it having been proved that the surgeon had informed the deceased that he believed the wound to be mortal; and the deceased, having desired to see a priest, and declared he had received his death-wound. After conviction, upon newly-discovered evidence that the deceased had a dirk, and said, if it had not been for that, this affair would not have happened, a new trial was granted, and the trial removed to Alexandria, where the prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter.