United States v. Hale

26 F. Cas. 73 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia | 1830

Upon the trial, the CouRT, on motion of M?\ Coxe, for the defendant, instructed the jury, that the indictment did not set forth an offence indictable at common law, for want of such false tokens as the common law recognizes.

Verdict, not guilty.

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