United States v. Williams
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Indictment, for keeping a house of ill fame, found at the special session in September last, and continued over, by law, to this term. moved the Court to quash the indictment, because this Court, at this term, has not jurisdiction of the cause, there being no power to continue causes from the special session to this term.
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Indictment, for keeping a house of ill fame, found at the special session in September last, and continued over, by law, to this term. moved the Court to quash the indictment, because this Court, at this term, has not jurisdiction of the cause, there being no power to continue causes from the special session to this term. The J udiciary Act of 1789, <§> 5, [1 Stat. at Large, 73,] gives the power to the circuit courts of the United States in these words: “ And the circuit courts shall have power to hold special-sessions for the trial of criminal causes at any other time, at their discretion,…
1Opinion of the CourtCranch, C. J.
(Thruston, J., contrá.)
This is an indictment, for keeping a house of ill-fame, &c., found at the special session of this Court, holden in September last, for the trial of criminal causes, under an order of this Court made at the stated March term.
A motion is now made by the defendant’s counsel to quash the indictment, upon the ground,
1st. That no proceeding, or cause which was pending at the special session in September, was, or could be by law continued or removed to this stated term of the Court.
2d. That the Court had no power to hold a special session for the trial of criminal causes; but…
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