Case Name: UNITED STATES v. HEDGES
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 253
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. HEDGES.
Judges: (FITZHUGH. Circuit Judge, absent!
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 253–253

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,339.
UNITED STATES v. HEDGES.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 43.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1812.
Seal ox Justice’s Warraxt.
The word ‘‘seal” in a scroll is a seal to a justice's warrant. Quaere.
Indictment for assault and battery upon Bates, a constable, in the execution of a justice’s warrant for debt. The warrant had only a printed scroll and the word ‘‘seal,” thus (SEAL).
Mr. F. S. Key, for defendant, objected that it was not a seal.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief J udge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
(FITZHUGH. Circuit Judge, absent!
said that in this part of the country it is a seal according to common usage. Quaere.