Case Name: UNITED STATES v. SMITHERS
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1811-12
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 1253
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. SMITHERS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 1253–1253

Head Matter:
Case lío. 16,347.
UNITED STATES v. SMITHERS.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 38.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1811.
Peremptory Challenge.

Opinion:
Indictment under the statute of Maryland of 1705, c. 75, for forging orders on Joseph Wheaton. By the statute the punishment is not death. He was not allowed a peremptory challenge, was found guilty, and punished by whipping, twenty-five stripes. See the act of Maryland.