Case Name: UNITED STATES v. JERNEGAN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1830-04
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 612
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. JERNEGAN.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 612–612

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,477.
UNITED STATES v. JERNEGAN.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 1.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
April Term, 1830.
Bioihv—Where Indictmenp to bb Tried.
An indictment for bigamy must be tried in the county in which the second marriage was celebrated.
Indictment [against Bernard A. Jernegan] for bigamy. The second marriage was in the county of Washington, D. C.
[Reported by Hon. William Crauch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
was of opinion that it could not be tried here (in Alexandria county), under the sratute of Virginia of 22d December, 1792, p. 195, c. 104, § 14.