Case Name: United States v. Barton
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1803-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 132
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Barton.
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: 132–133

Head Matter:
United States v. Barton.
Manumitted slaves arc good witnesses for or against a free mulatto in Washington county.
Indictment for stealing a handkerchief. Upon the prisoner being brought to the bar, he appeared to be a mulatto.

Opinion:
Two black witnesses, manumitted, were produced by the United States. Objection overruled and witnesses admitted, after reading the Acts of Assembly of Maryland, 1717, c. 13, and 1796, c. 77.
Barton was indicted as a freeman.