Case Name: UNITED STATES v. BROWN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1833-10
Citations: 24 F. Cas. 1247
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. BROWN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 24
Pages: 1247–1247

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,659.
UNITED STATES v. BROWN.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 333.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Oct. Term, 1833.
Commitment — Offence—Indictment fob Break- . ixo Jail.
A commitment not stating on its face any of-fence, is not evidence of a commitment for felony, although written on the back of a warrant •ol arrest charging a felony, but not referring -to it..
[Cited in Érwin v. U. S.. 37 Fed. 486.]
Indictment for breaking gaol, when committed for felony in stealing a saddle. The commitment did not state any offence, but was written on the back of the warrant of arrest, which charged a felony; The commitment did not refer to the warrant of arrest.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(nem. con.) said, that it was no evidence of a commitment for felony.
Verdict, not guilty. '