Case Name: UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1803-06
Citations: 28 F. Cas. 790
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 28
Pages: 790–790

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,771.
UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT.
[1Cranch, C. C. 123.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1803.
Courts—Jurisdiction.
A slave in Alexandria may be tried in this court for larceny.

Opinion:
Indictment [against Betty Wright, a slave] under the statute for stealing goods. Some question arose how she should he tried. Under the law of Virginia, she would have been tried by live justices of the county court, without a jury. Upon consideration of a former precedent in this court, she was tried by a jury in the usual form.
Verdict, guilty. Judgment, 20 lashes, 1 cent fine.