
    The United States v. Negro Jack Neale.
    A free colored mao. who has resided in this district eight years, and publicly acted as a .freeman, and so generally reputed to be, is a competent witness for the United States against a free colored person.
    Indictment for assault and battery.
   The Court

permitted Edward Pleasants, a black man, to be sworn as a witness for the United States, after proof that he had publicly lived and acted as a freeman for eight years, and was generally reputed to be free.  