
    United States v. Scipio Brown.
    The owner of the goods stolen, having released to the United States his interest in the fine, is a competent witness for the United States, upon the. prosecution under the Act of Congress.
    Indictment, 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 case of the United States v. McCann & Dulany, [ante, 207,] and of a former case, ü S. v. Clancey, [ante, 13]; U. S. v. Hare, [ante, 82.]
   Bill of exceptions taken.

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