Case No. 10,813.

PATTEN v. WASHINGTON.

[3 Cranch, C. C. 654.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

Dec. 1829.

JUSTICE OF PEACE—AUTHORITY TO TAKE BOND FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR—COMMON PROSTITUTE.

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.

Appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice Wharton, for $20, the penalty of a bond heretofore 1313taken by him from Dolly Ann 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.

Judgment affirmed with costs.

PATTEN, The MARY. See Case No. 9,223.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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