
    Case No. 14s067.
    UNITED STATES v. BROWN.
    [1 Cranch. C. C. 210.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Dec. Term, 1804.
    Witness — Owner of Stolen Goode — Release of Interest in Pine.
    The-owner ot the goods stolen, having released to the United States his interest in the fine, is a competent witness for the United States,, upon the piosecution under the act of congress."
    [Cited in D. S. v. Tolson, Case No. 16,530.]
   Indictment. [against Scipio Brown] for stealing a pair of boots, the property of Benjamin Birch. Benjamin Birch executed a release to the United States of all his right, to the fine, and was thereupon examined as a witness for the United States, generally, "upon the authority of the ease of U. S. v. McCann [Case No. 15,655], and of a former case, U. S. v. Clancey [Id. 14,800]; U. S. v. Hare [Id. 15.302], Bill of exceptions taken.

Verdict, guilty. Sentence, twenty stripes, and one dollar fine.  