Case Name: UNITED STATES v. LONG
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-12
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 993
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. LONG.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 993–994

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,626.
UNITED STATES v. LONG.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 373.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1806.
Parol Evidence—Warrant.
Upon an indictment for assault and battery of a constable, in the execution of his duty in serving a warrant, parol evidence of its contents cannot be given, unless it be lost or destroyed, &e.
See U. S. v. Pignel [Case No. 16,049]; U. S. v. Lambell [Id. 15,553]; U. S. v. Wary [Id. 16,645].
Indictment [against Dennis Long] for assault upon a constable, in tbe execution of his duty. The United States proved that the warrant had been given by the constable to one John Palmer, who was not summoned as a witness.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT
refused to suffer parol evidence to go to the jury, of the contents of the warrant, as there was not sufficient evidence to raise a presumption that it was lost, or could not be had.