Case Name: Wise v. Withers
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1805-11
Citations: 1 Cranch 262
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wise v. Withers.
Judges: (Cranch, J.,- contra,)
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: 262–262

Head Matter:
Wise v. Withers.
A justice of the peace in the District of Columbia, is not an officer, judicial or executive, of the government of the United States, and is liable to do militia duty.
Trespass for distraining goods for a militia fine ; special justification under a warrant, &c.; replication, that the plaintiff was a justice of the peace; demurrer and joinder.
The Act of 3d of March, 1803, [2 Slat, at Large, 215,] to provide for the organization of militia of the District of. Columbia, excepts from enrolment all those who are exempted from military duty by the laws of the United States; and the Act of the 8th of May, 1792, [I Stat. at Large, 272,] exempts from military duty “the officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the United States.”

Opinion:
.. The Court
(Cranch, J.,- contra,)
decided that the defendant, who was a justice of the peace in the District of Columbia, was not an officer, judicial or executive, of the government of the United States.
This judgment was reversed b.y the Supreme Court (3 Cranch, 331.) •