# United States v. Anderson

> U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · November 15, 1834 · 4 D.C. 476

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## Case

- **Full name:** United States v. John Anderson
- **Court:** U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
- **Decided:** November 15, 1834
- **Citations:** 4 D.C. 476
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

The Court
(nem. con.') still rejected the testimony of Mr. Dorsey, because he was offered to prove a fact tending to prove the forgery.
See Porter’s case, in this Court, in 1812, ( 2 Cranch, C. C. 60 ,) where Jenkins, the person cheated, was examined as a witness for the prosecution. 2 Hawk. 433; 1 Raym. 396; Rex v. Whiting, M’Nally, 105, 124; Maxwell’s case, in this Court, ( 1 Cranch, *477 C. C. 605 ;) Peake’s Ev. 94; Abrahams v. Bunn, 4 Burr. 2255; Smith v. Prager, 7 T. R. 60; Bent v. Baker, 3 Id. 27; Resp v. Ross, 2 Dall. 239 . See Hardres, 331; 1 Salk. 283, 286; Str. 728, 1043; 1 Vent. 49; 2 Hawk. c. 46, §§ 24, 25; Str. 1229; M’Nally, 121; Peake, L. E. 96, 116; 4 Starkie, 770, 771; and the following cases in this Court: United States v. Suter, November, 1807; Bayne’s case, December, 1830; Brown’s case, December, 1827, ( 3 Cranch, C. C. 268 ;) Bates’s case, April, 1823, 2 Id. 405 , and June, 1810; Moxley’s case, December, 1812. Id. 64.

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