Case Name: United States v. Henry Fisher, a free White Man
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1805-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 244
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Henry Fisher, a free White Man.
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: 244–244

Head Matter:
United States v. Henry Fisher, a free White Man.
A free negro is a competent witness against a free white man. Qucere.
General reputation of freedom is sufficient to rebut the presumption of slavery arising from color.
Indictment for beating prisoner’s wife. The assault having been proved by Mr. Threlkield, Lucy Butler, a black woman, was offered as a witness on the part of United States; Mr. Threlkield having sworn that she had always passed for a free woman for many years, the Court permitted her to be sworn to the jury.

Opinion:
Qucere. See the Act of Assembly of Maryland, 1717, c. 13, §2.