1 D.C. 138
District of Columbia District Court
Decided July 15, 1803
District of Columbia District Court · decided 1803-07-15
Trover for hogs. The defendant justifies under a by-law of Georgetown, authorizing any person to take up -hogs going at large, &c. objected to the copy of the by-law offered in evidence, because the original by-law did not appear to have been made under the seal of the corporation, although the copy produced was attested by the clerk of the corporation, as a true copy under the seal of the corporation, and also by the mayor, who has also annexed the corporate seal to his…
Decided 1803-07-15
¶1overruled the objection; and a bill of exceptions was taken by the plaintiff.
¶2Mr. Woodward, then objected, that the defendant was' not “ a constable of the town of Georgetown and precincts,” within the *139meaning of the by-law, having been appointed as a county constable by this Court.
¶3But the Couet overruled this objection, also.
¶4Verdict for the defendant.