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Court of the Third Judicial Circuit of the State of
now in
session Your Petitioner
a woman of colour respectfully represents to
court that she was born in
by persons unknown to her, and landed at
State of South
remained but few days after which she was conveyed from
& Bernard Jas
as an indented
until
eight hundred and thirty
her in
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty one
to the City of
in servitude- Your petitioner has reason to, and does
and therefore prays that she may be permitted to
for the same in the Circuit Court of the
And as in duty bound your petitioner will
above petition are true- Sworn the
the Township of
George D Shaw presents the petition of
praying that she may be permitted to institute a suit against
establishing her right to freedom and that the may be permitted to sue as
a poor person thereupon the court permit the said
aforesaid and direct an action of assault and battery and false im-
prisonment to be brought in the name of the said
George D.Shaw and
by the court that the said
have a reasonable liberty of attending her counsel and the court when
occassion may require it and that she said petitioner shall not be
taken or removed out of the Jurisdiction of this court or be subject to
any
freedom-
a woman of colour
vs
Petition
For liberty to sue in
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colour who by permission of the court sues in forma
eight hundred and thirty one
with force and arms made an assault upon the said
and
violence pulled and dragged about her the said
a
there
prision there without any
whatsoever for a long space of time to wit for the space of
three days then next following
against the will of the said
circumstances.
And the said
and at the time of the committing the grevivences above
mentioned she was and
the Defendant held and detained her and still holds
and detains
the peace of the
of Five hundred dollars therefore
We command you to summon
appear before the Judge of our
Term thereof to be held at the
the county of
then and there to answer unto
a plea of trespass assault and Battery and false imprison-
ment to the damage of the said
Dollars and have you then there this writ
Served this writ on
the declaration to him in the
same time read to him the order of the
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Order of
$1.50
And the
attorney comes and defends the force and injury
when
trespass and injury in the declaration mentioned in
above thereof complained against him and of
this he puts himself upon the Country
And for further plea in this behalf the
said defendant says that the said plaintiff
ought not to have and maintain her aforesaid
action against him because he says that the said
plaintiff is a slave without this that she is free
as in her said declaration is above supposed and
this he is ready to verify wherefore he prays Judgement
And for futher plea in this behalf the said
Defendant says that the said plaintiff ought not to maintain her said action against him because
at the
time of the
ances
labour in the
said time when
is ready to verify wherefore he prays Judgement
Dunky
a coloured person
vs
Action for freedom
The Clerk
1st pled N.G
2
3rd
servant
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the defendant by him first above pleaded whereof he
has put himself upon the county does the like
And for replication to the plea of the defendant by
him secondly above pleaded
any
because she says that at the said
slave, but on the
a free person as in her said declaration is above supposed
and this she
And as to the plea of said defendant by him thirdly
above pleaded the said plaintiff says that plea alleged
she ought not to be barred
that at the said
the state of
escaped into missouri but on the contrary thereof,
she the said plaintiff then was
person as in they her said declaration is above
supposed this she
by the
vs
Replications
>vs
Replications
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
Executed this writ on
1831
not found
vs
for plff
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person before the
Judge of our
pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
on the part of the
vs
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person before the
Judge of our
pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
on the part of the
vs
Served this writ
on M. L. Rochbleve
on this
on
22nd,
by
>A. Blair not
found
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person before the
Judge of our
pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
on the part of the
vs
Served on
in the
-ing
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You Are Hereby Commanded To Summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person
before the Judge of our
at the
controversy now pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
is
and have you then there this writ.
vs
Executed this writ on
in the
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To the above named
attorney
the office of
the
between the hours of eight of the clock in the forenoon
five of the clock in the afternoon of that day, then
there to take the deposition of Witness to be read on
the trial of the above cause on the part of the
This notice served on me
vs
Notice
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notice personally appeared before me
for the
lawfull age who being first sworn and examined upon his oath says that he
the plaintiff named in the notice
ninteen
woman with a yellow
cheeks apparantly made with a knife and
was said and
that at the
at
fall of eighteen hundred and twenty seven
a son of
her own time and that this deponent
said
her
who claimed her
Opened
(no fees
Depositions
Dunkey
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The Clerk of the
St Louis County
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You Are Hereby Commanded To Summon
and
before the Judge of our
at the
controversy now pending in our said Court, wherein
and have you then there this writ.
vs
Served this writ on
on
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You Are Hereby Commanded To Summon
before the Judge of our
at the
controversy now pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
is
and have you then there this writ.
P Menard not found
vs
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To Mr.
=tiff, and H R. Gamble
Take notice that
to be read in evidence at the trial of the above
named cause, will be taken, at the dwelling
house of
the
of eight o clock in the morning six O clock
in the afternoon of that day, and to be
continued from day to day between the
same hours, if need be.
vs
notice to take depositions.
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You Are Hereby Commanded To Summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person
before the Judge of our
at the
controversy now pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
is
and have you then there this writ.
vs
Kelley Thos. Drunn not
found
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You Are Hereby Commanded To Summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person before the
Judge of our
at the
now pending in our said Court, wherein
defendant, on the part of the
and have you then there this writ.
vs
Executed this writ on
not found in my county
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The
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thirty two,
morning and six o clock
at the
city of
of
and
to tell the whole truth of the matter between the
on her oath saith That she
upwards
by
deponent
the period of the removal of deponent to this city of
that she has seen the said
whom she
she
time she
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person before the
Judge of our
at the
now pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
defendant, on the part of the
and have you then there this writ.
Executed this writ on
Rocheblave on the
reading the same to her in the
Menard
not found in my County
vs
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person before the
Judge of our
at the
now pending in our said Court, wherein
plaintiff, and
defendant, on the part of the
and have you then there this writ.
vs
Executed this writ on M L.Rochhblave
of the other Witnesses found
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The Defendant moves the
trial for the following reasons
1st Because the verdict is against evidence
2nd Because the verdict is without evidence
3rd Because the verdict is against law
4th Because the verdict is against the instructions
of the Court
vs
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vs
Bill of Exceptions
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Be it remembered that on the trial of this
Cause the said plaintiff to maintain the
on her part produced and read in evidence
to the Jury the following depositions of
of Mrs.
parties plaintiff and defendant before the Jury
that the plaintiff was held in
ment of this action she came to the
souri without the consert of the person claiming
her services in
menct
plaintiff in
her to
services and the Defendant
other control than was
moval. The Defendant then gave in evidence to
the Jury a statute law passed on the
of September 1807
now forms the
agree may be read from the printed
Courts. The defendant next gave in evidence to
the Jury the following copy of the record of
try
cating
it was admitted that the plaintiff is the negro
named in said copy from the register This was all
the evidence given in the cause.
The Court then instructed the Jury that if they be
case was registered in the Territory of
of the act of the Legislature given in evidence in
this case for a period not yet expired and that
she came into this state without the
the person claiming her services in
that the defendant exercised no authority over
her in this state except what was
remove her into
her services there they must find for the Defendant
The court also instructed the Jury that the copy of
the Record of registry given in evidence in this
case establishes the agreement on the part of
the plaintiff to serve
the period in that copy mentioned in pursuance
of the law of the Territory of
The Jury having found a
the defendant moved the Court to set aside the
verdict and grant a new trial for the follow
-ing reasons
1st Because the verdict is against the evidence
2nd Because the verdict is without evidence
3rd Because the verdict is against law
4th Because the verdict is against the instruc
-tions of the Court
Which motion for a new trial was by the
Court
in overruling the said motion for a new trial
the defendants by his counsel excepts and
the Court to sign and seal this his bill of Ex-
ecptions and that the same may be made part
of the record which is done
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That if the Jury belive from the evidence that the plff
in this case was registered in the Territory of
an
of the Act of the
for a period not yet expired and that she came
into this state without the consent of the
claiming her services in
ant excercised no authority over her in this state except
what was
must find for the Defendant.
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That the copy of the record of
evidence in this case establishes the agreement
on the part of
rison
in pursuance of the law of the Territory of
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That if the Jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff in
this case was registered in the Territory of
dentured servant in the year
of the Legislature given in evidence in this case
not yet expired and that she came
out the
over her in this state except what was
her into
vices then they must find for the Defendant.
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2.75
6
9.74
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