Case Name: United States v. Smithers
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1811-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 38
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Smithers.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 38–38

Head Matter:
United States v. Smithers.
Peremptory challenge.

Opinion:
Indictment under the Statute of Maryland, 1795, c. 75, for forging orders on Joseph Wheaton. By the statute the punishment is not death. He was not allowed a peremptory challenge; was found guilty, and punished by whipping, twenty-five stripes. See the Act of Maryland.