Case Name: United States v. Burch
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 36
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Burch.
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: 36–36

Head Matter:
United States v. Burch.
The day laid in an indictment for selling whiskey is not material. Selling by the wife, with the knowledge and assent of the husband, is the selling of the husband.
Indictment for retailing whiskey without license.

Opinion:
The Court
was of opinion that the day is not material if the fact be proved to be committed before the indictment found. That the selling by the wife, with the knowledge and assent of the husband, is the selling of the husband.