Case Name: UNITED STATES v. RUSSEL
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-10
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 918
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. RUSSEL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 918–918

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,209.
UNITED STATES v. RUSSEL.
[4 Dall. 414,
note.]
Circuit Court, D Pennsylvania.
Oct. Term, 1806.
Murder on High Seas—Peremptory Challenges.
[One indicted for murder on the high seas is entitled, by the express provision of the statutes. to only 20 peremptory challenges.]

Opinion:
In the case of United States against Russel, on an indictment for murder on the high seas, tried at October term, 1806, the prisoner's counsel, at first, claimed the right of peremptorily challenging thirty-five jurors; but, that being an offence set forth in the penal law, was expressly embraced by the provision limiting the peremptory challenges to twenty; and the claim was, accordingly, overruled.