Case Name: United States v. Addison Brown
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1833-10
Citations: 4 Cranch 333
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Addison Brown.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 333–333

Head Matter:
United States v. Addison Brown.
A commitment not stating on its face any offence, is not evidence of a commitment for felony, altliongli -written on the back of a warrant of arrest charging a felony, but not referring to it.
Indictment for breaking gaol, when committed for felony in stealing a saddle.
The commitment did not state any offence, but was written on the back of the warrant of arrest, which -charged a felony. The commitment did not refer to the warrant of arrest.

Opinion:
The Court
(nem. con.) said, that it Was no evidence of a commitment for felony.
Verdict, not guilty.