Case Name: UNITED STATES v. NAILOR
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1833-11
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 69
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. NAILOR.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent,)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 69–69

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,853.
UNITED STATES v. NAILOR.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 372.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1833.
Criminal Evidence—Keeping House op III Fame.
Upon an indictment for keeping a house of ill fame, evidence of the ill fame of the defendant herself, cannot be given.
Indictment [against Priscy Nailor] for keeping a house of ill fame, &c.

Opinion:
THE COURT,
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent,)
on the authority of the case of U. S. v. Jourdine [Case No. 15,499], refused to permit the United States to give evidence of the ill fame of the defendant herself.
Verdict, "Not guilty."