The trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and others, members of a court martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, Brigade Inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. Judge Advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Marshal : being an act of trespass, instituted in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : containing the proceedings and opinion of the said court : also, the arguments of counsel before the Supreme Court, at a special session, held at Lancaster, on the 6th March 1817, and the opinions of the judges of said court, delivered on the 19th May, 1817, reversing the opinion of the court below /

Robert W. Houston was convicted by a court martial of draft dodging and fined. This action sought to recover the fine.