Case Name: United States v. M. Kennedy
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. M. Kennedy.
Judges: Fitzhugh, J., absent.
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: 312–312

Head Matter:
United States v. M. Kennedy.
An indictment will not lie for forestalling the Georgetown market contrary to the by-law.
Indictment for forestalling Georgetown market contrary to bylaw of Georgetown.
Verdict, guilty.

Opinion:
By the by-law, the penalty is ten dollars and to " be recoverable as in eases of small debts by warrant, one half to the clerk of the market, the other to the use of the corporation."
Judgment arrested.
Fitzhugh, J., absent.