United States v. Tom
28 F. Cas. 200, 2 D.C. 114, 2 Cranch 114
CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
DecidedNovember 15, 1815
StatusPublished
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Bluebook
United States v. Tom, 28 F. Cas. 200, 2 D.C. 114, 2 Cranch 114 (circtddc 1815).
Opinion
The defendant, a slave, was convicted of manslaughter, and the judgment of the Court {nem. con.) was, that he should be burnt in the hand by the jailor in open court, and should be publicly whipped with thirty-nine stripes. See the Act of Virginia, 17th December, 1792, § 34, p. 190.
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