Case Name: UNITED STATES v. WALKER
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1807-06
Citations: 28 F. Cas. 388
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. WALKER.
Judges: (DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 28
Pages: 388–388

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,632.
UNITED STATES v. WALKER.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 402.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1807.
Larceny.
Stealing wood, in collusion with the owner’s slave, is larceny.
Indictment [of Edward Walker] for stealing wood. The evidence was that the wood was delivered to the prisoner (or rather suffered to be taken) by the owner’s servant, a slave.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent)
directed the jury that if they should be satisfied that there was a collusion between the servant and the prisoner, with intent to commit a theft, the fact of the delivery does not alter the case, but it is still a felony.