Case No. 14,969.

UNITED STATES v. DIXON.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 92.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

Dec. Term, 1813.

SALE OF LIQUORS—POWER TO GRANT LICENSE—CITY OF WASHINGTON.

An indictment will not be against an inhabitant of the city of Washington for retailing spirituous liquors within the city.

[Cited in U. S. v. Holly, Case No. 15,381.]

Indictment [against Jacob Dixon] for retailing spirituous liquors within the city of Washington, without license under the act of Maryland, 1784, e. 37, § 24.

The case having been submitted without argument, THE COURT decided that the exclusive power of granting licenses for retailing, and the exclusive power of regulating the same, was, by the charter of Washington, vested in the corporation, and that the indictment would not lie.

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

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