# United States v. Paxton

> U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · December 15, 1801 · 27 F. Cas. 470

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8639296

## Case

- **Full name:** UNITED STATES v. PAXTON
- **Court:** U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
- **Decided:** December 15, 1801
- **Citations:** 27 F. Cas. 470; 1 Cranch 44
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

THE COURT
directed the jury that if they should be of opinion that the defendant sold the liquor as clerk, agent, servant, or barkeeper of Brown, then he was not guilty. It was the selling of Brown within the meaning of the act. See, also, U. S. v. Shuck [Case No. 16,285], Alexandria, Jan. term, 1802, and U. S. v. Voss [Id. 16,628].

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