Case Name: UNITED STATES v. NELSON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1835-10
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 86
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. NELSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 86–86

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,863.
UNITED STATES v. NELSON.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 579.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Oct. Term, 1835.
Slave—Punishment for Laiicenv.
A slave, convicted of larceny, is to be punished by whipping, although not charged as a slave in the indictment.
The prisoner [negro Nelson] was convicted of stealing a hair cap, of the value of one dollar and twenty-five cents. It appears, in evidence, that he was a slave, although not charged as such in the indictment.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(nem. eon.) sentenced the prisoner to be whipped with twenty stripes.