U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1806

United States v. Kennedy

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided June 15, 1806 · Fitzhugh

26 F. Cas. 761; 1 Cranch 312

Opinion of the Court

Indictment [against M. Kennedy] for forestalling Georgetown market contrary to bylaw of Georgetown.

Verdict, guilty.

By the by-law, the penalty is ten dollars and to “be recoverable as in eases of small debts by warrant, one half to the clerk of the market, the other to the use of the corporation."

Judgment arrested.

FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent

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