Case Name: Commonwealth of Virginia v. Daniel Dulany
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-04
Citations: 1 Cranch 82
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commonwealth of Virginia v. Daniel Dulany.
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: 82–82

Head Matter:
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Daniel Dulany.
A prosecutor liable for costs upon an indictment for a misdemeanor, has no right to withdraw the prosecution without the consent of the Attorney for the United States.
Indictment for assault and battery on J. D. Westeott. I. V. Thomas’s name was indorsed as prosecutor and liable for costs.
Mr. Jones, for defendant,
stated that Westeott was satisfied and wished, with the consent of Thomas, that the defendant might be allowed to confess judgment for costs only.
Mr. Mason, Attorney for the United States,
objected on the ground that it was a prosecution in the name of the Commonwealth, and no private prosecutor could compound, or interfere in the business.

Opinion:
The Court
decided that the prosecutor had no right to withdraw the prosecution, and refused to permit it to be done without the consent of the Attorney for the United States.