Case No. 16,034.

UNITED STATES v. PETER.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 98.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

April Term, 1814.

LARCENY—PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES.

In Alexandria, a prisoner indicted under the act of congress, for larceny, has the right of peremptory challenge.

Mr. Jones, for the United States, admitted that under the Virginia law of November 13, 1792, p. 103, § 8, the prisoner [the negro Peter], who was indicted for larceny under the act of congress of April 30, 1790, § 16 (1 Stat. 116), was entitled to a peremptory challenge of twenty jurors.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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