Case No. 13,965.
THOMPSON v. LACY.
[1 Cranch, C. O. 79.]1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
March Term, 1802.
ARREST—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
An inhabitant of Alexandria county may be arrested in Washington county without a non est in Alexandria county.
The defendant, being an inhabitant of Alexandria county was arrested in Washington county, no writ having issued against him in the former county.
Motion for a nonsuit, under the act of Maryland of 1796 (chapter 43) [1 Dorsey's Laws, 334]. Refused.
1 [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
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