Case Name: United States v. William Lambell
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 Lambell.
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: 312–312

Head Matter:
United States v. William Lambell.
Parol evidence may he given of the contents of a lost warrant.
Indictment for opposing Clement Venable, in the execution of his duty as a constable.
Mr. F. S. Key,
objected to parol testimony of the warrant being given, because it is matter of record. Peake’s L. E. 19.

Opinion:
The Court
permitted the contents of the warrant to be proved by parol, after the magistrate had sworn that he had searched every part of his house where it was probable to find it and could not; and that he believed it was lost or destroyed; that he had not seen it since the officer returned it to him.
Verdict, guilty; fined thirty dollars.