Case Name: UNITED STATES v. NATHAN
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1834-10
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 78
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. NATHAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 78–78

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,857.
UNITED STATES v. NATHAN.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 470.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Oct. Term, 1834.
Slave—Punishment for Larceny.
A slave, convicted of larceny in Alexandria county, is to be sentenced to be burnt in the hand and whipped.

Opinion:
Indictment [against Negro Nathan, a slave] for stealing a pair of shoes, of the value of one dollar. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and he was sentenced by the court to be burnt in the hand in open court, and to be whipped with ten stripes. See U. S. v. Clark (November term, 1825) [Case No. 14,802],