Case Name: United States v. Richard B. Lloyd
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1834-10
Citations: 4 Cranch 470
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Richard B. Lloyd.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 470–470

Head Matter:
United States v. Richard B. Lloyd.
The owner of a slave who beats him cruelly, and exposes him, so beaten, to public view, is guilty of a misdemeanor at common law.
Indictment for beating his own slave Henry,"cruelly, and exposing him, so beaten, to public view.
Verdict guilty, and amerced by the jury $100.
Mr. Brent, for the defendant,
moved in arrest of judgment, because the indictment, as be contended, did not state an indictable offence, and cited Richard Turner’s case, in 1826, 5 Rand. 178, 678, and United States v. Brockett, in this Court, some years ago, (2 Cranch, C. C. 441,) for cruelly beating his own slave.
He also moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection by the Court to the jury; and because the verdict was against evidence.

Opinion:
The Court
overruled both motions, and rendered judgment for the amount assessed by the jury.