Felon
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
crimes, ore convicted and sentenced for afelony. A felon is infamous and cannot fill any office or become a witness in any case, unless pardoned, except in cases of absolute necessity for his own preservation and defence, as, for example, an affidavit in relation to the irregularity of a judgment in a cause in which he is a party.
2 Salk. R. 461; 2 Str. 1148; Martin’s R. 25; Stark. Ev. part 2, tit. Infamy.
As to the effect of a conviction in one state, where the witness is offered in another, see 17 Mass. R. 515; 2 Harr. & M‘Hen.
R. 120, 378; 1 Harr. & Johns. R. 572.