Case Name: UNITED STATES v. BOWEN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1817-04
Citations: 24 F. Cas. 1207
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. BOWEN.
Judges: (THRUS-TON, • Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 24
Pages: 1207–1207

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,628.
UNITED STATES v. BOWEN.
[2 Cranch. C. C. 133.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
April Term, 1817.
Lahceny — Goons and Chattels — Banknotes.
Banknotes are not goods and chattels, nor I money, and stealing them is no offence at common law.
[Cited in U. S. v. Carnot, Case No. 14,726.]
Indictment, at common law [against Henry Bowen, a negro], for stealing a banknote. Verdict, guilty.

Opinion:
Judgmentarrested;
THE COURT
(THRUS-TON, • Circuit Judge, absent)
being of opinion that it was no offence at common law to steal a banknote.