Case No. 16,347.

UNITED STATES v. SMITHERS.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 38.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

Dec. Term, 1811.

PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE.

Indictment under the statute of Maryland of 1795, c. 75, for forging orders on Joseph Wheaton. By the statute the punishment is not death. He was not allowed a peremptory challenge, was found guilty, and punished by whipping, twenty-five stripes. See the act of Maryland.

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

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