Case Name: UNITED STATES v. FAW
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1808-07
Citations: 25 F. Cas. 1053
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. FAW.
Judges: (DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent).
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 25
Pages: 1053–1053

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,079.
UNITED STATES v. FAW.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 487.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1808.
Constable—Right to Break Doors.
A constable, having a warrant to arrest a man for assault and battery, has a right to break open the door of the offender’s dwelling-house to arrest him.
Indictment for not doing all in his power to prevent a riot, whereby a man was killed. [For prior proceedings in this suit, see Case No. 15,078.]
Mr. Jones, for the United States,
prayed the court to instruct the jury, that neither the constable nor the magistrate had a right to break open the door of the house inhabited by a man, to arrest him upon a warrant for an assault and battery,
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch. Chief Judged

Opinion:
Which
THE COURT
refused
(DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent).
The jury found the defendant not guilty.