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HOUSTON v. MOORE

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18 U.S. 1 (1820)

5 Wheat. 1

5 L.Ed. 19

HOUSTON, v. MOORE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 16, 1820.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hopkins, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.J. Ingersoll and Mr. Rogers, contra.

The judgment of the Court was delivered at the present term, by Mr. Justice WASHINGTON, who, after stating the facts of the case, proceeded as follows:

There is but one question in this cause, and it is, whether the act of the legislature of Pennsylvania, under the authority of which the plaintiff in error was tried, and sentenced to pay a fine, is repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, or not?

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