Case Name: UNITED STATES v. BELL
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-11
Citations: 24 F. Cas. 1081
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. BELL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 24
Pages: 1081–1081

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,564.
UNITED STATES v. BELL.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 94.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1802.
Witness — Slave—Fhee Mulatto,
A slave may be a witness on a prosecution against a free mulatto, in Alexandria cotmty.

Opinion:
Indictment for stealing. Slaves were permitted to be sworn on the part of the United States against the prisoner [Betty Bell, alias Mullican, a free mulatto]. Old Acts Va. 348; Code 1792, pp. 199, 200; Act 1801, Jan. 21, § 4.