Case Name: UNITED STATES v. DOUGLASS
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1813-12
Citations: 25 F. Cas. 896
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. DOUGLASS.
Judges: THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent.
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 25
Pages: 896–896

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,988.
UNITED STATES v. DOUGLASS.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 94.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1813.
Witness—Freeborn Mulatto.
A freeborn mulatto is a competent witness against a white person.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
Indictment for larceny. The defendant [Rufh Douglass] was a white woman. Nancy Butler, a freeborn mulatto, was permitted to testify for the United States, upon the authority of U. S. y. Mullany, at December term, 1808 [Case No. 15,832].
THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent.