United States v. Russel , 27 F. Cas. 918 ( 1806 )

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.