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Quotation from Reynolds v. United States by Supreme Court of the United States
“The Constitution gives the accused the right to a trial at which he should be confronted with the witnesses against him; but if a witness is absent by his own wrongful procurement, he cannot complain if competent evidence is admitted to supply the place of that which he has kept away.”
Reynolds v. United States, Opinion of the Court (Waite, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
The ruling on Amelia Jane Schofield's earlier testimony, the point on which Justice Field disagreed.
Citation: "The Constitution gives the accused the right to a trial at which he should be confronted with the witnesses against him; but if a witness is absent by his own wrongful procurement, he cannot complain if competent evidence is admitted to supply the place of that which he has kept away." — Supreme Court of the United States, Reynolds v. United States, Opinion of the Court (Waite, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id reynolds-v-united-states-q6)
Portrait: Chief Justice Morrison Waite, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain.
