Case Name: UNITED STATES v. SHORTER
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-12
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 1072
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. SHORTER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 1072–1072

Head Matter:
Case Wo. 16,284.
UNITED STATES v. SHORTER.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 371.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1806.
Slave as’Witness.
A slave is a competent witness for a free black man on a criminal prosecution.
[Cited in U. S. v. Mullany, Case No. 15.832.]
Indictment against [William Shorter] a free black man.
The traverser offered a slave as a witness. Admitted, upon the authority of U. S. v. Terry [Case No. 16,454], at the last term.

Opinion:
DUCKETT, Circuit Judge,
absent.
See Acts Assem. Md. 1717, c. 13, § 2, 3.
Verdict, not guilty.