¶1*1025Two black witnesses, manumitted, were produced by the United States. Objection overruled and witnesses admitted, after read-ins the acts of assembly of Maryland, 1717, c. 13, and 1796, c. 77. •
¶2Barton was indicted as a freeman.
24 F. Cas. 1024
United States v. Barton
U.S. District Court
Decided July 15, 1803
U.S. District Court · decided 1803-07-15
<p>Case No. 14,533.</p> <p>Witness — Competency—Manumitted Suaves.</p> <p>Manumitted slaves are good witnesses for or against a free mulatto in Washington county.</p> <p>[Cited in U. S v. Mullany, Case No. 15,832.]</p>
Decided 1803-07-15