Case Name: United States v. Scipio Brown
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1804-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 210
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Scipio Brown.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 210–210

Head Matter:
United States v. Scipio Brown.
The owner of the goods stolen, having released to the United States his interest in the fine, is a competent witness for the United States, upon the. prosecution under the Act of Congress.
Indictment, for stealing a pair of boots, the property of Benjamin. Birch. Benjamin Birch executed a release to the United States of all his right to the fine, and was thereupon examined as a witness for the United States, generally, upon the authority of the case of the United States v. McCann & Dulany, [ante, 207,] and of a former case, ü S. v. Clancey, [ante, 13]; U. S. v. Hare, [ante, 82.]

Opinion:
Bill of exceptions taken.
Verdict, guilty. Sentence, twenty stripes, and one dollar fine.