Case Name: Darius Claggett's Case
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1821-10
Citations: 2 Cranch 247
Docket Number: 
Parties: Darius Claggett’s Case.
Judges: (Morsell, J., contra,)
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: 247–247

Head Matter:
Darius Claggett’s Case.
A juror who has a cause at issue which he expects will he tried at the same term, will be discharged, and if not discharged, may be challenged. .
DaRius Claggett, who was summoned as a juror, made affidavit that he had a cause at issue in this Court which he expected would be tried at this term, and prayed to be discharged.
See the Acts of Maryland, 1715, c. 37, § 9; 1778, c. 21, § 2, 3, and 1797, c. 87.

Opinion:
The Court
(Morsell, J., contra,)
discharged him.