UNITED STATES v. PORTER


2 U.S. 345 (____)

2 Dall. 345

The UNITED STATES versus PORTER.

Supreme Court of United States.


INDICTMENT for high treason, committed in the county of Allegheny in the State of Pennsylvania, by levying war against the United States. After a long examination of witnesses it was discovered, that the defendant, though he was at Couche's Fort, had taken no part in the insurrection, that, in fact, he was not the person, liable to the charge, but another person of the same name; and, thereupon, the Jury, by direction of the Court, found a verdict of Not Guilty.

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