Case Name: United States v. Betty Read
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1818-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 159
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Betty Read.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 159–160

Head Matter:
United States v. Betty Read.
The Court will not order stolen bank-notes to be restored to the person from whom they were stolen, they having been received bona fide by innocent persons in the way of business.
Indictment for stealing bank-notes, the property of Mr. ' Nottingham. Some of the notes, which were, identified, had been. passed to sundry persons who received them innocently and bond fide in the way of business. Verdict, guilty.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
refused to order such notes to be given up to Mr. Nottingham.