Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Date: 1801-10-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 1 Cranch 39 · 1 D.C. 39
Opinion
On an affidavit stating that Joseph Bowling, a constable, had dismissed a peace warrant, and had received for his services $1.62 — The Court suspended him from office, and ordered a rule to be laid on him to show cause why an attachment of contempt should not issue. Cranch, J., contra, because the charge was uncertain and ex parte, — no notice having been given.