
    United States v. Negro Nathan, a Slave.
    A slave, convicted of larceny in Alexandria county, is to be sentenced to be burnt in the hand and whipped.
   Indictment 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 United States v. John Clark, a slave, at November term, 1825, (2 Cranch, C. C. 620.)  