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Case No. 14,969.
    UNITED STATES v. DIXON.
    [2 Cranch, C. C. 92.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Dec. Term, 1813.
    Sale op Liquors — Power to Grant License — City op Washington.
    An indictment will not lie against an inhabitant of the city of Washington for retailing spirituous liquprs within the city.
    [Cited in U. S. v. Holly, Case No. 15,381.]
    
      
       [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
    
   Indictment [against Jacob Dixon] for retailing spirituous liquors within the city of Washington, without license under the act of Maryland, 17S4, e. 37, § 24.

The case having been submitted without argument, THE COURT decided that the exclusive power of granting licenses for retailing, and the exclusive power of regulating the same, was, by the charter of Washington, vested' in the corporation, and that the indictment would not lie.