Separate Trial
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
practice. The trial of one person by himself, when he ig jointly indicted with others, for an alleged offence. Ona joint indictment against two or more defendants for a crime or misdemeanor, it isin the discretion of the court whether to allow a separate trial for each prisoner, or to order the whole of them to be tried to- Ret ether..
1 Baldw. Rep. 81; 12 heat.
480; 5 Serg. & Rawle, 60; but see 1 Pet. C. C. Rep. 118.