Case Name: Ex parte BOWLING
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-10
Citations: 3 F. Cas. 1075
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ex parte BOWLING.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 3
Pages: 1075–1075

Head Matter:
Case No. 1,737.
Ex parte BOWLING.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 39.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Oct. Term, 1801.
Sheriffs and Constables — Summary Suspen-' sion of Constable.
. A constable suspended from office before rule to show cause.

Opinion:
On an affidavit stating that Joseph Bowling, a constable, had dismissed a peace warrant, and had received for his services $1.62, THE COURT suspended him from office, and ordered a rule to be laid on him to show-cause why an attachment of contempt should not issue. CRANCH, Circuit Judge, contra, because the charge was uncertain and ex parte, — no notice having been given.