Case Name: The United States v. Negro Jack Neale
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1821-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 241
Docket Number: 
Parties: The United States v. Negro Jack Neale.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 241–241

Head Matter:
The United States v. Negro Jack Neale.
A free colored mao. who has resided in this district eight years, and publicly acted as a .freeman, and so generally reputed to be, is a competent witness for the United States against a free colored person.
Indictment for assault and battery.

Opinion:
The Court
permitted Edward Pleasants, a black man, to be sworn as a witness for the United States, after proof that he had publicly lived and acted as a freeman for eight years, and was generally reputed to be free.