12 F. Cas. 390
U.S. District Court
Decided July 15, 1803
U.S. 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 meaning of tlie by-law, having been appointed as a county constable by this court.
¶3But THE COURT overruled this objection, also.
¶4Verdict for the defendant