¶1arrested the judgment; being of opinion that neither the court nor jury could assess a fine or inflict corporal punishment upon a slave, and that an adequate corporal punishment could only be inflicted by a justice of the peace. They therefore ordered the marshal to take the prisoner before N. S. Wise, a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law, and that the verdict and this order be certified to the said justice.
2 D.C. 412
United States v. Ellick
Decided May 15, 1823
This was an indictment of a slave for an assault and battery upon Henry Shortle, a white man. The jury found him guilty, and assessed the fine at $23.
Decided 1823-05-15