Case: The United States vs. James Lemmons
Abbreviation: United States v. Lemmons
Decision Date: 1828-10
Docket Number: 
Citation: 1 Ark. Terr. Rep. 62
Volume: 1
Reporter: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the United States Superior Court for the Territory of Arkansas, from 1820 to 1836
Court: Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Parties: The United States vs. James Lemmons.
Judges: 
Pages: 62–62

Head Matter:
The United States vs. James Lemmons.
An indictment must conclude “ against the peace and dignity of the United States.”
October, 1828.
— Indictment for setting up and keeping a faro bank, determined before Benjamin Johnson, Thomas P. Eskridge, William Trimble, and James Woodson Bates, judges.

Opinion:
On motion of the defendant, by his attorney, the indictment was quashed, because it did not conclude " against the peace and dignity of the United States of America."