Case Name: United States v. Dennis Long
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 373
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Dennis Long.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 373–373

Head Matter:
United States v. Dennis Long.
Upon an indictment for assault and battery of a constable, in the execution of his duty in serving a warrant, parol evidence of its contents cannot be given, unless it be lost or destroyed, &c.
Indictment for assault upon a constable, in the execution of his duty. The United States proved that the warrant had been given by the constable to one John Palmer, who was not summoned as a witness.

Opinion:
The Court
refused to suffer parol evidence to go to the jury, of the contents of the warrant, as there was not sufficient evidence to raise a presumption that it was lost, or could not be had. See U. S. v. Pignel, [ante, 310]; U. S. v. Lambell, and U. S. v. Wary, [ante, 312.]