Case ID: dc_1/html/0447-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "But the Court", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

United States v. Milly Rhodes, a Slave.
    The owner of goods stolen by a slave is not a competent witness for the prosecution, because he is entitled to one half of the fine which the Court must impose under the Act of Congress.
    Indictment for stealing a piece of Russia linen, the property of Mr. Vowell.
    
      Mr. Jones
    
    contends that Vowell is a competent witness, because as a slave can have no property, there-ought not to be a fine, and if no fine, no interest.
   But the Court

said, the Act of Congress' under which she is indicted makes the fine a necessary part of the punishment, and Mr. Vowell will be entitled to one half of the fine.

Duckett, J., absent.