
    United States v. Isaac Butler.
    Assault and battery of a slave is an indictable offence.
    Indictment for beating a woman of color (a slave) to her damage, and against the peace and dignity of the government of the United States.
    
      Mr. Hamilton, for the traverser,
    contended that beating a slave was not an indictable offence.
   Curia,

contra. The property which a man has in a slave is not of the same nature as his property in a horse. It is only a right to his perpetual service.  