Case Name: United States v. Richard Davis
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1835-11
Citations: 4 Cranch 606
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Richard Davis.
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: 606–606

Head Matter:
United States v. Richard Davis.
A mulatto torn of a white woman, and not in a state of servitude by law, is a competent witness for a white man.
The defendant was indicted for an assault and battery with intent to kill one Shorter, a colored man.

Opinion:
Upon the trial a mulatto man named Collins, born of a white woman, and not in a state of servitude by law, was admitted by the Court to testify for the defendant, who was a white man.
See the Act of Maryland, 1717, c. 13, § 2.