Case Name: Gurnee against Dessies
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1806-08
Citations: 1 Johns. 508
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gurnee against Dessies.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 508–508

Head Matter:
Gurnee against Dessies.
A slílVC í!iÍ61* he hits obtained his freedom, is a competentw tness which may"”* hityc happened wiiue he ivas a slave.
ON the return to the certiorari in this cause, the only J J error assigned was, that the justice had refused to admit the evidence of a free black man, as to facts which took _ ’ ■ ■ ■ 1 placo while he was a slave.
Fhe cause was submitted without argument,

Opinion:
Per curiam.
A free black man is a competent witness 1 e to prove facts which may have happened while he , was a slave. The judgment belo w mustbe reversed.
Judgment reversed.