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Mountz v. JonesMountz v. Jones

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Dec 15, 1804
Reporters:
,
Before:
Contra
THE COURT (CRANCH, Circuit Judge, contra,)

were ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‍of opinion, that the plea was bad, because a copy ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‍was not set up at the door of the ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‍county jail, but only at the corporation jail.

ICILTX, Chief ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‍Judge, thought, also, that the county justices had no authority ‍‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‍to command the corporation sheriff.

Case Details

Case Name: Mountz v. Jones
Court Name: U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Date Published: Dec 15, 1804
Citations: 1 Cranch 212; 17 F. Cas. 928
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