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United States v. Lyles

4 D.C. 469
Procedural entryThis page is a short order in United States v. Lyles. Read the opinion of the Court — 26 F. Cas. 1024 →
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia·Decided October 15, 1834·Published

Opinion

The Court

(Morsell, J., not very clear, and Thruston, J., doubting, Cranch, C. J., not doubting,)

was of opinion that it is an indictable offence, overruled the motion in arrest.

(See Chitty’s General Practice, Appendix, II., that an attempt to commit a misdemeanor created by statute, is itself a misdemeanor. Rex v. Butler, 6 Car. & Payne, 368.)

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