Case Name: Negro Violette v. Henry W. Ball
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1814-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 102
Docket Number: 
Parties: Negro Violette v. Henry W. Ball.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
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: 102–102

Head Matter:
Negro Violette v. Henry W. Ball.
A slave does not acquire a right to freedom by being sent from Washington to Virginia for sale, and, not being sold, brought back after eight or nine months’ absence.
Petition for freedom.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
refused to instruct the jury that the petitioner was entitled to freedom by being sent from the city of Washington to Virginia for sale, and not being sold, brought back to the city, after an absence of eight or nine months.