United States v. Nathan

27 F. Cas. 78 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia | 1834

Indictment [against Negro Nathan, a slave] 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 U. S. v. Clark (November term, 1825) [Case No. 14,802],