U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1826

Botelor v. Corporation of Washington

Botelor v. Corporation of Washington
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided May 15, 1826 · Morsell
2 D.C. 676; 3 F. Cas. 962; 2 Cranch 676
Botelor v. Corporation of Washington

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Morsell, J., absent,)

decided that rye-éhop (which was food for horses,) was not provision ” nor an article of food ” within the meaning of the by-law. (Burch’s Digest, p. 119, art. 9.) And that “ coming to market” meant, on its way to the market-place, with intent to be there offered for sale, in *677market hours; and that it was not necessary that there should be a market actually bolding at the time of the purchase, in order to constitute the offence.

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