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County of Saint Louis sct,
The State of Missouri To the Sheriff of Saint Louis County
Greeting

Whereas at our Circuit Court begun and held at the City of Saint Louis within and for the
County of St Louis on the fourth Monday of July in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand
Eight Hundred and twenty nine before the Honorable William C Carr Judge of the third
Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri the Grand Jury sworn and Empanneled for the,
body of the County of St Louis returned into the said court an indictment against Henry
a Slave of William Clark for Larceny which said indictment was endorsed by the foreman
of the said Grand Jury "a true bill" and whereas also at the November Term of the said Circuit
Court in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and twenty nine on the fourteenth
day of December in the year aforesaid Arthur L Magenis in open Court entered into Recogni
zance for the appearance of the said Henry at the neat March term of the said court to be held
at the city of Saint Louis within and for the County of Saint Louis on the fourth Monday of
March then next which said Recognizance is in the words and figures following to writs
" Arthur L Magenis acknowledges himself to be indebted to the State of Missouri in the sum
of One Hundred dollars to be levied of his goods and chattels lands and tenements if Henry a
slave shall fail in the condition underwritten, the condition of this Recognizance is such
that if the above named Henry shall be and appear on the firstday of the next term of this
court to be held at the city of St Louis within and for the County of St Louis on the fourth
Monday of March next then and there to answer to an indictment found against him
for Larceny and shall not depart the court without leave then this Recognizance to be
void else to remain in full force which said Recognizance above recited remains of Record
in our said court, and whereas also at the said March Term of the said Circuit Court in the
Year Eighteen hundred and thirty the said Arthur L. Magenis although solumnly
called to bring into Court the body of the said Henry according to the condition of his
said Recognizance come not but made default and failed therein therefore it was
considered by the said court that the said Recognizance of the said Arthur L Magenis
be forfeited as by the Record of the said Recognizance and the procep thereon still remain-
ing of Record in our said Circuit Court at the County aforesaid will mournfully appears
and though the Recognizance of the said Arthur L. Magenis was forfeited as aforesaid
yet he the said Arthur L Magenis hath not yet paid the said sum of One Hundred dollars
or any part thereof and being willing that what is right in this behalf should be done
command you that by lawful men of your county you make known to the said Arthur
L Magenis that he be and appear before the Judge of our Circuit Court at the next term
thereof to be held at the City of St Louis within and for the County of St Louis on the fourth
Monday of July next then and there to show cause if any he has or know of any thing
to say why the said State of Missouri should not have execution thereof against him of
the debt in for m aforesaid acknowledged according to the form and effect of the said Recog-
nizance if it shall be expedient so to do and have you then there this writ and the names
of the persons by whom you make known to him this writ.

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk of our said Court at Office this

first
day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundered
and thirty.

Archibald Gamble Clerk

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State of Missouri vs. Arthur L. Magenis (Text)

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