¶1was of opinion that the common council had no authority to make by-laws operating beyond the limits of the town, as described in the Acts of 1796 and 1798, and that the jurisdiction of the mayor was confined to the same limits, and that the. corporation, could not enforce its bylaws by corporal punishments.
2 D.C. 125
Ex parte Deane
Decided November 15, 1816
This was a motion to the Court for a habeas corpus to bring up the slaves of Joseph Deane, who had been committed by the mayor of the town for the supposed violation of a by-law prohibiting the… Held: was at some distance north of the range of lots on Montgomery street.
Decided 1816-11-15