Case Name: UNITED STATES v. KENNEDY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 761
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. KENNEDY.
Judges: FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 761–761

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,523.
UNITED STATES v. KENNEDY.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 312.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1806.
Forestalling Market—Indictment.
An indictment will not lie for forestalling the Georgetown market contrary to the by-law.

Opinion:
Indictment [against M. Kennedy] for forestalling Georgetown market contrary to bylaw of Georgetown.
Verdict, guilty.
By the by-law, the penalty is ten dollars and to "be recoverable as in eases of small debts by warrant, one half to the clerk of the market, the other to the use of the corporation."
Judgment arrested.
FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent