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: 36–37

Head Matter:
United States v. Burch.
The time laid in the indictment for keeping a disorderly house is not material.
A conviction is a bar to prosecution for all the time previous to the conviction.
Indictment for keeping a disorderly house.

Opinion:
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.