Case Name: UNITED STATES v. BURCH
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-07
Citations: 24 F. Cas. 1300
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. BURCH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 24
Pages: 1300–1300

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,688.
UNITED STATES v. BURCH.
[1 Cranch. C. C. 36.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
July Term, 1801.
Disorderly House — Indictment — Time Laid— Former Conviction.
1. The time laid in the indictment for keeping a disorderly bouse is not material.
2. A convictici. is a bar to prosecution for all the time previous to the conviction.

Opinion:
Indictment for keeping a disorderly house.
THE COURT
was of opinion that the time is not material if before the indictment found. The keeping of a disorderly house is a single offence, and one conviction is a bar to a prosecution for keeping a disorderly house at any time prior to the finding of the indictment