Case Name: United States v. Ruth Douglass
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1813-12
Citations: 2 Cranch 94
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Ruth Douglass.
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: 94–94

Head Matter:
United States v. Ruth Douglass.
A free tom mulatto is a competent witness against a white person.

Opinion:
Indictment for larceny. The defendant was a white woman. Nancy Butler, a free born mulatto, was permitted to testify for the United Slates, upon'the authority of the United States v. Mullany, at December term, 1808. 1 Cranch, C. C. 517. (Thruston, J., absent.)