Case Name: Williams v. Craven
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 60
Docket Number: 
Parties: Williams v. Craven.
Judges: 
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: 60–60

Head Matter:
Williams v. Craven.
If a defendant arrested upon a,, capias ad respondendum be discharged under the insolvent act, before the return of the writ, and fails to appear, the marshal cannot be amerced.
The marshal, having returned cepi, discharged under the insolvent law, upon a capias ad respondendum, and no appearance having been entered for the defendant, the plaintiff moved to amerce the marshal for not bringing him in.

Opinion:
The Court
(nem. con.) said the marshal could not be amerced. The law bad not provided the means of compelling an appearance.