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1 D.C. 39

Ex parte Bowling

District of Columbia District Court

Decided October 15, 1801

District of Columbia District Court · decided 1801-10-15

<p>A Constable suspended from office before rule to show cause.</p>

Decided 1801-10-15

¶1On an affidavit stating that Joseph Bowling, a constable, had dismissed a peace warrant, and had received for his services $1.62 — The Court suspended him from office, and ordered a rule to be laid on him to show cause why an attachment of contempt should not issue.

Cranch, J.,

¶2contra, because the charge was uncertain and ex parte, — no notice having been given.

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