Case Name: United States v. Negro Jack, a Slave
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1801-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 44
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Negro Jack, 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: 1
Pages: 44–44

Head Matter:
United States v. Negro Jack, a Slave.
This Court has not jurisdiction of larceny by a slave.
Indictment for theft. Plea to the jurisdiction, it beingi a case cognizable only by a justice of the peace, by the Act of Assembly of Maryland.

Opinion:
The Court
decided that they had not jurisdiction, and ordered the slave to be delivered to a constable to be carried before a justice of the peace.