Case Name: United States v. R. B. Jamesson
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 62
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. R. B. Jamesson.
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: 62–62

Head Matter:
United States v. R. B. Jamesson.
The want of the name of a prosecutor at the foot of the indictment is not a good ground for arresting the judgment.
A capias is proper process upon an indictment for misdemeanor.
Indictment, for assault and battery.
Motion in arrest of judgment. 1st. Because there is no name of a prosecutor indorsed on the indictment, agreeably to the Act of Virginia. Rev. Code, p. 112, § 24. 2d. Because a capias was not the proper process. Rev. Code, p. 112, § 28.

Opinion:
The Court
was of opinion that the 24th section applied only to cases where an information wns filed without a previous presentment. There may not be a prosecutor, and crimes ought not to go unpunished.
Motion overruled and judgment entered.