Virginia v. Hooff

1 D.C. 21
CourtDistrict Court, District of Columbia
DecidedJuly 15, 1801
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Virginia v. Hooff, 1 D.C. 21 (D.D.C. 1801).

Opinion

The Court

arrested the judgment on the ground that the inform[22]*22ation stated that the penalty accrued to the Commonwealth. By the act of incorporation of Alexandria', all penalties for breaches of by-laws were to be for the use of the town, and to be levied by distress and sale of the offender’s goods.

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