Supreme Court of the United States, 1807

United States v. Cantrill

United States v. Cantrill
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 28, 1807 · Marshall
8 U.S. 167 (United States Reports)

United States v. Cantrill

Opinion of the Court

Marshall, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court, that the judgment ought to be arrested, for the reasons assigned in the record, and directed the opinion to be certified accordingly.

The same order was made in the case of United States v. Baylis, for a similar offence, (a)

An act of congress was passed at the session of 1806-7, to amend the law in this respect. (2 U. S. Stat. 423.)

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