Case Name: UNITED STATES v. BURCH
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-07
Citations: 24 F. Cas. 1300
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. BURCH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 24
Pages: 1300–1300

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,682.
UNITED STATES v. BURCH.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 36.]
Circuit Court. District of Columbia.
July Term, 1801.
Internal Revenue — Selling Liquor without License — Indictment—Sale bt Wife.
The day laid in an indictment for selling whiskey is not material. Selling by the wife, with the knowledge and assent of the husband, is the selling of the husband.
Indictment for retailing whiskey without license.

Opinion:
THE COURT
was of opinion that the day is not material if the fact be proved to be committed before the indictment found. That the selling by the wife, with the knowledge and assent of the husband, is the selling of the husband.