Case Name: PATTEN v. WASHINGTON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1829-12
Citations: 18 F. Cas. 1312
Docket Number: 
Parties: PATTEN v. WASHINGTON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 18
Pages: 1312–1313

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,813.
PATTEN v. WASHINGTON.
[3 Cranch, C. C. 654.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec., 1829.
Justice or Peace — Authority to Take Boxtj for Good Behavior — Com mox Prostitute.
A justice of the peace in the city of Washington has authority, under the charter of May 4, 1812, and the by-law of the 16th of December, 1812, section 7, to require a common prostitute to give security for her good behavior; and has jurisdiction of a suit upon the bond given therefor; the penalty not exceeding $20.

Opinion:
Appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice Wharton, for $20, the penalty of a bond here tofore taken by him from Dolly Atm Patten, a notorious common prostitute, and keeper of a brothel, under the seventh section of the by-law of the corporation of Washington, of December 16. 1812.
Judgment affirmed with costs.