Case Name: O'Neale v. Willis
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1814-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 108
Docket Number: 
Parties: O’Neale v. Willis.
Judges: 
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: 108–108

Head Matter:
O’Neale v. Willis.
Quiere — whether a free colored man is a competent witness in a cause between white persons 1
Assault and battery, by beating the plaintiff’s slave.
A free colored man was offered by the plaintiff as a witness.

Opinion:
The Court
was divided as to his admission. Crancb, C. J., was in favor of admitting him, upon the authority of Mullany's case, in this court, 1 Cranch, C. C. 517, at July term, 1809. Thruston, J., contra. The witness was not sworn. A juror was withdrawn by.consent.