Case Name: Negro Moses v. Patrick Dunnaho
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 1 Cranch 315
Docket Number: 
Parties: Negro Moses v. Patrick Dunnaho.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 315–315

Head Matter:
Negro Moses v. Patrick Dunnaho.
A petitioner for freedom has not a right to go in search of his witnesses.
Petition for freedom.
Mr. Caldivell, for the petitioner,
moved the Court for leave to the petitioner to go in search of evidence in support of his petition.
Refused.

Opinion:
The Court
said they knQW no law which authorized them to give such leave. The usual recognizance is to permit the petitioner to attend court from time to time.