[Document, 1796 January 30]
- Title
- [Document, 1796 January 30]
- Library Location
- Name
- Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797 (Author)
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- January 30, 1796
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 6 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- Encloses indictment against two men indicted for forgery in Connecticut, who have fled to New York. (Copy of indictment is contained in this folder). Suggests some change in laws must be made, for otherwise criminals can roam free in another state until the court is assembled in the state of their criminal act and an indictment is passed by the grand jury.
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.03214