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Case No. 1,737.
    Ex parte BOWLING.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 39.] 1
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Oct. Term, 1801.
    Sheriffs and Constables — Summary Suspen-' sion of Constable.
    . A constable suspended from office before rule to show cause.
   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, Circuit Judge, contra, because the charge was uncertain and ex parte, — no notice having been given.