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UNITED STATES v. RAVARA

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2 U.S. 297 (1793)

2 Dall. 297

1 L.Ed. 388

The UNITED STATES, versus RAVARA.

Circuit Court, Pennsylvania District.

April 1, 1793.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Before the defendant pleaded, his counsel (Heatly, Lewis and Dallas) moved to quash the indictment, contending that to the Supreme Court of the United States, belonged the exclusive cognizance of the case, on account of the defendant's official character.

Rawle, the District Attorney, stated in reply.

Present, WILSON, IREDELL and PETERS,

WILSON, Justice.

I am of opinion, that although the Constitution vests in the Supreme Court an original jurisdiction, in cases like the present, it does not preclude the Legislature from exercising the power of vesting a concurrent jurisdiction, in such inferior Courts, as might by law be established: And as the Legislature has expressly declared, that the Circuit Court shall have "exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences, cognizable under the...

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