Case Name: United States v. W. S. Smith
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1838-11
Citations: 5 Cranch 484
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. W. S. Smith.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 5
Pages: 484–484

Head Matter:
United States v. W. S. Smith.
A certificate, in tie usual form, by tlie officers of the Treasury of the United States, that a certain balance is due by the defendant to the United States, is not sufficient cause for bail.
The United States had filed an account from the Treasury, certified in the manner required by the statute, stating merely a balance of $11,000 due by the defendant.
Mr. W. L. Brent, for the defendant,
moved for leave to appear without special bail; and state.d that this Court had decided that a mere statement from the Treasury, of a balance due, was not even prima facie evidence on the trial, and, therefore, is not sufficient to hold the defendant to bail.

Opinion:
The CouRT
(Cranch, C. J.,
not sitting in the case,) permitted the defendant to appear without special bail.