Case Name: United States v. Negro Peter
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1814-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 98
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Negro Peter.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 98–98

Head Matter:
United States v. Negro Peter.
la Alexandria, a prisoner indicted under the Act of Congress, for larceny, has the right of peremptory challenge.

Opinion:
Mr. Tones, Attorney for the United States, admitted that under the Virginia law, of November 13tb, 1792, $ 8, p. 103, the prisoner, who was indicted for larceny under the Act of Congress of April 30, 1790, § 16; [1 Stat. at Large, ÍL6,] was entitled to a peremptory challenge of twenty jurors.