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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
of
Persons of Colour
Petition
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Catherine one of the within
Petitioners being duly sworn says that she
knows the facts set forth in the within petition
and that the same are true according
to the best of her knowledge
In
that the within named
persons of colour be allowed to sue for their freedom
and for that
one of the counsellors of this court is assigned to the
said
to
their said counsel of the court as occasion may
require, that they be not removed out of the
Jurisdiction of the court, and that they he not
application for their freedom
The Petition of
son to said Catherine
your honor that they were once the property of
one Eli West as his slaves that on the
your petitioners were severall
by the said Eli West as appears by their deeds
of emancipation herewith annexed & which
your petitioners Pray be taken as part of this their
petition that was since the said Deeds of
emancipation was executed your petitioners
have lived as
or about the
when your petitioners were arrested on an
attachment issued from the
the
against the said Eli West as the property of the
said West & that your petitioners are now
confined in the jail of St Louis County
therefore pray your honor for leave to sue
as
their right to freedom
as in duty
Your petitioners further show that they came to the state of
in the
prior to that time—
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Plaintiffs in this suit by R.S. Blennerhassett their
attorney complain of Thomas Hundley &D.S. Pattison Wm H. Russell
defendants for that the said defendants to wit on
the
thousand eight hundred & forty three
aforesaid with force &
fully & falsely imprison them the said Plaintiffs
without any reasonable probable on lawful cause
whatever, and them so then & there imprisoned
and
space of four months, and the said plaintiffs
that before and at the time of the said wrongful false
& unlawful imprisonment they and each of them were and
still are free persons and the Defts held & as still hold
them in slavery To the damage of the since plaintiffs of
one Dollar & therefore they bring suit &c
Catherine Wm Felix &
Minta persons of colour
vs
Thos Hundley D. S Pattison
& W. H. Russell
Novr,
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We command you to
and
they be and appear
before the Judge of our
day of
of Trespass for false imprisonment
dollars: And have you then there this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at
L.S.
Pleas filed
Dismissed by Plffs at nobody's
Bk 15 p 95 (
Catharine, Felix, William
& Minta, persons of Colour
vs
Thomas Hundley. D.S.
Pattison
Suit for freedom, Dam $ 1.00
Blannchapete p.9.
Filed
In.
It is ordered that the within named
allowed to sue for their freedom and for that
of this court is assigned to the said
suit. and it is further ordered that
reasonable liberty to
& The Court as occasion may require, that
they be not removed out of the jurisdiction
of the court, and that they be nut
to any severity on account of their appli-
cation for their freedom.
Executed this unit in the county.
of
by offering to read it and the Petition to
Thomas Hundley D. S. Pattison and
Russell the defendants which they each
refused to hear - and by reading the
order of the judge to each of said defendants
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And the said Defendants come & defend
the wrong
imprison the said plaintiff in
by them & of
And for further plea in this behalf the said defandants come & say that
the said plantiffs
persons nor was either of them in
-tiffs have alleged & of this they put themselves upon the Country & c
And for further plea in this behalf the said defendants say that
at the date of the filing the petition & declaration on this behalf the
said plaintiffs were Slaves, the property of one Eli West
and this they are ready to
vs
Hundley Pattison & Russell