Case Name: United States v. Paxton
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 44
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Paxton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 44–44

Head Matter:
United States v. Paxton.
A servant selling spirituous liquors for his master without license is not liable to the penalty.
Indictment for retailing spirituous liquors without license.

Opinion:
The Court
directed the jury that if they should be of opinion that the defendant sold the liquor as clerk, agent, servant, or barkeeper of Brown, then he was not guilty. It was the selling of Brown within the meaning of the act. See also post, United States v. Shuck, Alexandria, January term, 1802, (p. 56,) and United Stales v. Voss.