Case Name: United States v. Edward Walker
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-06
Citations: 1 Cranch 402
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Edward Walker.
Judges: (Duckett, 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: 1
Pages: 402–402

Head Matter:
United States v. Edward Walker.
Stealing wood, in collusion with, the owner’s slave, is larceny.
Indictment for stealing- wood. The evidence was that the wood was delivered to the prisoner (or rather suffered to be taken) by the owner’s servant, a slave.

Opinion:
The Court
(Duckett, J., absent,)
directed the jury that if they should be satisfied that there was a collusion.between the servant and the prisoner, with intent to commit a theft, the fact of the delivery does not alter the case, but it is still a felony.