Case Name: UNITED STATES v. TERRY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 28 F. Cas. 41
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. TERRY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 28
Pages: 41–41

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,464.
UNITED STATES v. TERRY.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 318.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1806.
8laves as Witnesses.
Slaves are competent witnesses for free negroes indicted for assault and battery.
[Followed in U. S. v. Shorter, Case No. 16,-284. Cited contra in U. S. v. Gray, Id. 15,-252.]
Indictment [against the negress Terry, a free woman] for assault and battery on Mr. Foxon. A slave was offered as witness for the traverser.
Mr. Jones, for the United States,
objected. By the Maryland law of 1717, c. 13, § 2, “no slave shall be received as evidence in any cause wherein any Christian white person is concerned.”

Opinion:
THE COURT
permitted the slave to be sworn.
Verdict, not guilty.