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4 D.C. 470

United States v. Nathan

Decided October 15, 1834

<p>A slave, convicted of larceny in Alexandria county, is to be sentenced to be burnt in the hand and whipped.</p>

Decided 1834-10-15

¶1Indictment for stealing a pair of shoes, of the value of one dollar. The prisoner pleaded guilty; and he was sentenced by the Court to be burnt in the hand in open court, and to be whipped with ten stripes. See United States v. John Clark, a slave, at November term, 1825, (2 Cranch, C. C. 620.)

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