Case Name: United States v. Tompkins
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 46
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Tompkins.
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: 46–46

Head Matter:
United States v. Tompkins.
The Court will not quash an indictment because there was no previous presentment, or order of the Court.
Indictment for forgery.
Mr. F. S. Key, for the defendant,
moved to quash the indictment because there had not been a previous presentment, or order of the Court; nor was it found by the grand jury of their own knowledge, according to the Maryland Act of 1722, c. 5.

Opinion:
But
the Couet
(Fitzhugh, J., absent,)
refused.