Case Name: United States v. Negro Nathan, a Slave
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1834-10
Citations: 4 Cranch 470
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Negro Nathan, a Slave.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 470–470

Head Matter:
United States v. Negro Nathan, a Slave.
A slave, convicted of larceny in Alexandria county, is to be sentenced to be burnt in the hand and whipped.

Opinion:
Indictment for stealing a pair of shoes, of the value of one dollar. The prisoner pleaded guilty; and he was sentenced by the Court to be burnt in the hand in open court, and to be whipped with ten stripes. See United States v. John Clark, a slave, at November term, 1825, (2 Cranch, C. C. 620.)