Case Name: United States v. William Wary
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 1 Cranch 312
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. William Wary.
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: 312–313

Head Matter:
United States v. William Wary.
Parol evidence of the contents of a warrant cannot be-given unless the loss of the warrant be proved.
Indictment for resisting Clement Venable in the execution of his duty as a constable; in serving a warrant from Samuel N. Smallwood, a justice of the peace. The justice swore that he had searched the papers among which it was probable that the warrant would be filed, but if he had had more time to search he thought it probable it could be found.

Opinion:
The Court
thought this not sufficient to admit parol evidence of its contents, and refused to wait while the witness should make further search, it being Saturday, half past two o'clock, P. M., and the witness' office being more than a mile distant.
Verdict, not guilty.