United States v. Cantrill
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was certified from the Circuit Court of the district of Georgia, the opinions of the judges of that court being opposed upon a motion in arrest of judgment, upon a verdict of guilty on the following indictment, viz : “ The jurors,” &c., “ upon their oath present, that Zebulon Cantril, late,” &c., on the 1st of January 1806, “ with force and arms, at the house of one William Gibson, in the town of St. Mary’s,” &e., “ a certain false, forged and counterfeit paper,…
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This case was certified from the Circuit Court of the district of Georgia, the opinions of the judges of that court being opposed upon a motion in arrest of judgment, upon a verdict of guilty on the following indictment, viz : “ The jurors,” &c., “ upon their oath present, that Zebulon Cantril, late,” &c., on the 1st of January 1806, “ with force and arms, at the house of one William Gibson, in the town of St. Mary’s,” &e., “ a certain false, forged and counterfeit paper, partly written and partly printed, purporting to be a bank-bill of the United States, for ten dollars, signed by Thomas…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court, that the judgment ought to be arrested, for the reasons assigned in the record, and directed the opinion to be certified accordingly.
The same order was made in the case of United States v. Baylis, for a similar offence, (a)
An act of congress was passed at the session of 1806-7, to amend the law in this respect. (2 U. S. Stat. 423.)
2Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. CantrilSupreme Court of the United States · 1807