Case Name: MURRAY v. DULANY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-11
Citations: 17 F. Cas. 1047
Docket Number: 
Parties: MURRAY v. DULANY.
Judges: (MORSELL, Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 17
Pages: 1047–1047

Head Matter:
Case No. 9,960;
MURRAY v. DULANY.
[3 Cranch, C. C. 343.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1828.
Witness — Mulatto—Proof of Freedom.
In assault and battery, . the plaintiff, being a mulatto, cannot, at the trial upon the general issue, be compelled to prove his freedom.
Assault and battery; The plaintiff [George Murray] was a mulatto.;
Mr. Wise, for the defendant [Henry R. Du-lany],
contended that, the plaintiff should prove his freedom.

Opinion:
But
THE COURT
(MORSELL, Circuit Judge, absent)
said, that, the defendant had waived the objection to the "person of the plaintiff by pleading the. general issue. '