U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia, 1834

United States v. Lyles

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · Decided October 15, 1834 · Clear, Cranch, Doubting, Morsell, Thruston

4 D.C. 469

Opinion of the Court

The Court (Morsell, J., not very clear, and Thruston, J., doubting, Cranch, C. J., not doubting,)

was of opinion that it is an indictable offence, overruled the motion in arrest.

(See Chitty’s General Practice, Appendix, II., that an attempt to commit a misdemeanor created by statute, is itself a misdemeanor. Rex v. Butler, 6 Car. & Payne, 368.)

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