18 F. Cas. 1312
U.S. District Court
Decided December 15, 1829
U.S. District Court · decided 1829-12-15
<p>Case No. 10,813.</p> <p>Justice or Peace — Authority to Take Boxtj for Good Behavior — Com mox Prostitute.</p> <p>A justice of the peace in the city of Washington has authority, under the charter of May 4, 1812, and the by-law of the 16th of December, 1812, section 7, to require a common prostitute to give security for her good behavior; and has jurisdiction of a suit upon the bond given therefor; the penalty not exceeding $20.</p>
Decided 1829-12-15
¶1Appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice Wharton, for $20, the penalty of a bond here*1313tofore taken by him from Dolly Atm Patten, a notorious common prostitute, and keeper of a brothel, under the seventh section of the by-law of the corporation of Washington, of December 16. 1812.
¶2Judgment affirmed with costs.