 Sparf v. United States

Sparf v. United States, 156 U.S. 51 (1895), or Sparf and Hansen v. United States, was a United States Supreme Court case testing the admissibility of confessions by multiple defendants accused of the same crime, and the responsibility of juries.On the night of January 13, 1884, on a voyage to Tahiti, the second mate, a man called Fitzgerald, of the "Hesper" was found to be missing.