Case Name: United States v. Negro Tom
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1815-11
Citations: 2 Cranch 114
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Negro Tom.
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: 114–114

Head Matter:
United States v. Negro Tom.
A slave convicted of manslaughter in Alexandria, D. C., may be punished by burning in the hand and wMpping.

Opinion:
The defendant, a slave, was convicted of manslaughter, and the judgment of the Court {nem. con.) was, that he should be burnt in the hand by the jailor in open court, and should be publicly whipped with thirty-nine stripes. See the Act of Virginia, 17th December, 1792, § 34, p. 190.