United States v. Shorter, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 371 (1806)

Case Wo. 16,284.

Dec. Term, 1806.

Slave as’Witness.

A slave is a competent witness for a free black man on a criminal prosecution.

[Cited in U. S. v. Mullany, Case No. 15.832.]

Indictment against [William Shorter] a free black man.

The traverser offered a slave as a witness. Admitted, upon the authority of U. S. v. Terry [Case No. 16,454], at the last term.

DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent.

See Acts Assem. Md. 1717, c. 13, §§ 2, 3.

Verdict, not guilty.