Case Name: UNITED STATES v. RIGSBY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1822-11
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 810
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. RIGSBY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 810–810

Head Matter:
Case Mo. 16,163.
UNITED STATES v. RIGSBY.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 364.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1822.
LARCENY—INDICTM ENT.
In larceny, “one silver coin of the value of fifty cents,” is a sufficient description of the property stolen.
[Cited in Com. v. Gallagher, 82 Mass. (16 Gray) 240; Porter v. State, 26 Fla. 56, 7 South. 145.]
The defendant [Eliza Rigsby] was convinced of larceny.
Mr. Hewitt, for defendant,
moved in arrest of judgment, that “one silver coin of the value of fifty cents of the goods and chattels of one John Kinchelow,” is too vague and uncertain a description of the property stolen. It does not state the value in the current money of the.United States, or of any other country.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent), after looking into precedents, overruled the motion.