Case Name: United States v. George Milburn
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 501
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. George Milburn.
Judges: (Thruston, 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: 501–501

Head Matter:
United States v. George Milburn.
Upon the trial of an indictment for offering a bribe to a ■witness, the previous declarations of the defendant of his motives for offering it, cannot be given in evidence by the defendant.
Mr. Taylor, for the defendant,
offered evidence that Milburn, before the offer of the bribe, said he intended to offer it, to show how easily the witnesses might be bribed, so as to discredit them, not intending to pay the bribe.

Opinion:
But the Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
rejected the evidence.