Court Opinion

ID: 9417246
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 20:07:06.841584+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:37.869298
License: Public Domain

Mu'. Justice BradiEy.
I dissent from sq much of the opinion in this case as holds that the'act of Congress relating *672to the admission of parties to testify in the courts of tbe United States applies to tbe courts of the District of Columbia. Tbe act-relating to that subject in reference to judicial proceedings in tbe District covers the whole subject, and excludes the operation of any general law unless the latter is made specially applicable. The practice of admitting colored persons to testify prevailed in the District courts from the organization of the present Supreme Court of the District, and did not need the aid of the general statute. The admission of parties to testify in the courts of the District was provided for in a distinct and separate statute relating to the District alone.-
I concur in the judgment of the court notwithstanding the evidence of the defendant.