Supreme Court of the United States, 1791

Respublica v. Roberts

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 1, 1791

2 U.S. 124; 2 Dall. 124; 1 L. Ed. 316; 1791 U.S. LEXIS 176 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

10 later published cases cite this decision.

Commonwealth v. Williams (Pa. 1989)
Baldwin v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 2020)
Commonwealth v. Williams (Pa. 1987)
Commonwealth v. Moore (Pa. 1975)
United States ex rel. Valotta v. Ashe (District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania 1924)
State v. Chafin (Kan. 1909)
Hunter v. United States (Wis. 1840)
Brown v. Hicks (Ark. 1838)
State v. Lash (N.J. 1838)
Skinner v. Watson (Vt. 1832)

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Opinion

The Court, after consideration, delivered an unanimous opinion, that under the act of Assembly, and the uniform practice of eighty-five years (a practice, which, though it does not make the law, must be strong evidence of what the law is ) the indictment could not be supported on the charge of adultery: But that the judgment for fornication only, must be pronounced against the defendant.

Judgment accordingly.

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