Case Name: United States v. Hedges
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 43
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Hedges.
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: 2
Pages: 43–43

Head Matter:
United States v. Hedges.
The •word “ seal” in a scroll, is a seal to a justice’s warrant. Qumre.
Indictment for assault and battery upon Bates, a constable, in the execution of a justice’s warrant for debt.
The warrant had only a printed scroll and the word “seal,” thus, [seal.]
Mr. F. S. Key, for the defendant,
objected that it was not a seal.

Opinion:
The Courrt
(Fitzhugh, J., absent,)
said that in this part of the country it is a seal according to common usage. Qucere.