
    United States v. Betty Bell alias Mullican, a free Mulatto.
    A slave may be a witness on a prosecution against a free mulatto, in Alexandria county.
   Indictment for stealing. Slaves were permitted to be sworn on the part of the United States against the prisoner. Old Acts of Virginia, 348; Rev. Co. 199, 2Ó0; Act of 1801, Jan. 21, § 4.  