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To the honorable the judges of the superior
court for the Territory
aforesaid — sitting
a Court of
The
unto your honors
That in the year
or about the
in that year at the Town of
then being on
in
the presence of and
of
of the same
place. And that then and there sometime in the
presence of your
your
and
stud or
Where
to
the said
the
for said
horse whereas in
said
horse was not worth more than sixty dollars and there
upon the said
the said
(2)
of money and that the said
unable to
use his
bound with him
said
payment of the said sum and
also the said
to execute to him the said
for said
the
aforesaid before the said
with many others
unknown to your
an obligation on note with said
to be
paid to the said
refused
as security for
said
yet content with your
in that
the payment of said sum of money to
the said
your
others their
there afterwards on
the day aforesaid to get
to
of much
and
others their
other
with any
and your
others their
aforesaid sum of money to the said
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(3)
their
he your
that
behalf for the said
would not let any man who would
in
their
an
instrument in writing
also
of
your
or note Whereupon
your
said within instrument to him your
the same but the said
would not
Whereupon
condition and that the foregoing as
effect by law contained in said instrument or
of
to him by said
in effect nothing in more than
said
for the security of the said
and also the name of the said
as your
(4)
entirely
of truth made to your
orator by the said
others their
entered into an obligation or note to be
from the effect of said note he your
to his said State of
an
of
two hundred dollars to the following effect and
Twelve months
after date
good and lawful of the
this
and your
and twelve
assignment on the
note to the aforesaid
is
to the following effect to
to
being without
of said note
said note and
the year last
aforesaid the said
said note
to the said
effect I assign this note to
that the said
shall
law or
afterwards
fifteen
said
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(5)
for the county of
declaration
against
promisory note of
of
Orator Commanding
the sheriff of said county to have their
before the
Northern Circuit to
be
in the second monday in April in the year last aforesaid
to which said
writ the said sheriff made the following
return Executed on
John Law not to be found in this
County
day of April
the said April term of the aforesaid
your Orator
one of the aforesaid defendants by
of the said
the
for
Count of the
promisory note declared on and thereupon
the said
in
declaration filed his
plea of
term of the said Court it being the second monday in
July in the year
aforesaid and at the said July Term of the
said Court on the
seventeenth day of that
being the
said attorney and on
motion of your orators attorney
to the said Court leave is given to
your orator to amend
his plea whereupon your orators said attorney
to the said Court amended
pleas and prayed
the pleas offered
are
to the said Court by your Orators
said plaintiff
against him because he says that the said
and
the
payment of the
writing and the said
said writing
that he said
the payment of the said
in said writing if said
next day of
the date of said writing
the said
and operation
in facts and the said
there
to
the same and the said
said
to the said
in law and that the aforesaid
in
fact and the said
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(7)
thereby induced to execute said
of said
statements of the said
said
therefore the said
and defrauded by the said
said
and
plea your
to
says that at the
know of any person by whom he could
is a
and your
said Count upon which are and
fully understood said
had for that it seems to the court that the said first
the plaintiff declaration is
good and sufficient in law
to
his said action against
the said defendant and
pleas being offered
now here
that the said defendants
promise in manner and form
declaration and
Plaintiff sustained by
thereof to the sum of two hundred and forty
dollars
here that the plaintiff do
have and recover of and
the said defendant the
said sum of two hundred and
forty dollar damage aforesaid
together with his
suit in this
he have his writ of execution thereof against to
said
defendant and your
that on the
evidence on the
second
declaration
fact that the aforeaid
only was
and
your Orator also further
a writ of execution
judgment
from the office of the
aforeaid court
and was then and there
the hands of the sheriff for the said
county of
at
form commanding the said sheriff to make
the aforesaid sum of two
hundred and forty dollars
damages and nineteen dollars and twenty
three
cents for Corts of that
and
of sufficient
sheriff
said sum of money and
executed the
of said Court to be
second monday in
to
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Orator says that said
hands of the said Sheriff an executed
Orator now here offer to your
proceeding
fully appear reference being
had
said
are
and greatly
of his
as much as
premises at the common
properly
Court
and
the said
things herein
contained as particularly and
and
that not only a to their
that the said
may answer and set for the whether or not your
the said promisory note
to a degree
and opinion unable to manage his
and
or judgment whether they the two of
them
of
and use
their exertions to get your orator
and
Orator
your Orator to execute said
as security for said
Orator and not for
a long time
said note
when
and whether or not at the
time of said notes
execution the said
generally
and whether said
much more and whether
time where said note
was about to be executed
did not state to your
Orator did not
note read to him or to be permitted to read it
himself
and whether they said
their
specially
before the execution of said note
Orator that the said note Contained a condition
therein that
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(11)
In the Town of
the date of said note
the said note was
executed that there and on that
your
or the sum of money mentioned to be
and whether they
of your
of your
they the said
whole of the
aforesaid
pay for said horse without
therefore and
that
insolvent or
nearly so and by the aforesaid means
the said
to
if part of the
and
also the said
an particular required to state
whether or not at the
time they or either of them took on assignment of
said note if they or
or
(12)
had been obtained from your
took an assignment from
said assignment was made so as to be without
our said
for
and also
why the said
his assignment of said note to the said
without
whatever
consideration said
for said note and the said
are specially
required to
they know of their own knowledge and all that
they know by information
as if the
same had been fully set
and they had been
And your
of
law on said judgment
and execution
said
and each of
them to
proceedings an the said
county of saint Louis on the
first monday in
February next and then and there said
be made
may
county of
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next term of this court to be holden for the county of
—
house on the first monday in February next then and
there to fully and
severally
on their
may in the behalf have such other and
touching the
This day came
a Justice of the peace for the
of
being duly
to
foregoing bill for
an
and good
the said
therein
mentioned and that he
to
for two hundred and forty dollars damages and
dollars and
no
No 34
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Sir this is to inform you that on
the ninteenth day of the present month
attorney
Territory of
for an
at law in the suit wherein at last
circuit
court for the
as plaintiff and
was
against me as defendant impleaded
with one
sum of two hundred and forty dollars and costs of
that suit
This day came
the peace for the
copy of the above otice to the above named
in my presence
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Know all men by these
as
five hundred and eighteen
dollers and forty
to be made, we lived ourselves our
day of August
obtained
from the Honorable
court of the Territory of the
obtained by one
the
hundred and forty
dollars
courts costs
Now the condition of the above
aforesaid, so as aforesaid
qranted, shall be
hereafter accuse and moreover shall pay
such part as may be released from the
thereon that his
full force and virtue
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You are Summoned that
then and there in our said
court before our Judges aforesaid to
commanded to make return of this writ at the time
and place aforesaid, and certify to our said court
eighth day of August
our
no
In
vs
others
Executed by reading to the within
Defendants and
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Whereas It has been represented to our
between the said
sale of a certain horse
and proposed the said
for said
agreed to give to said
said Horse
between you the said
have the said
pay the said
Complainant to
payment of the
said sum and that
your
the said
payment of the said sum of money, which your said complainant
having refused to do and
said
had
been obtained from the
with that
last
Circuit Court of
the county of
sum of two
hundred and forty dollars
three cents
the hands of you the said Sheriff to be
or his
property and praying
at law on the said
of the previous do strictly
to
aforesaid against
clerk in case of
application to that effect, to
against him
the said
judgment aforesaid,
until our said
have heard &
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2
on note to you the said
you as a
thereby
and in that
situation to get him to become security for you the Said
for the
payment of Said Sum of money to you the Said
You the
Said
Your
urgent & frequently repeated
Strong drink under
Complainant was induced to drink made whiskey and other Strong
liquors to
that he get extremely much intoxicated and
his
the
Said
the Said
be injured by being Security in that
behalf and also most
any man Suffer who would
it was a
Complainant was discharged from
required of you the Said
himself, but you
and would not
Said
No
Territory of
In
vs
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No 1- In
vs
others
Executed on
Jn.
by
The
Clerk of the
them
Whereas It has been
of
with
one
said
bond with him said lane in an obligation or note
for the payment of the said
the said complaintant
security for the said
the said complainant
did is a further art
the color of
or note,
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the said
complainant did
the
succeed in getting
or
that at the time the said
the said
until the then
next day. then the complainant would be discharged from the effect of the
said
such was
and believing that
said
being the amount of the
said note and the
three cents for your costs-
upon which said Judgement has
you the said
October next, and
on the Judgement aforesaid, and the
Therefore the
then
until the hearing of this case by our said court
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An Injuction is granted and is prayed in the foregoing Bill, and
on the
Petitioner
Section of the
cases and extending certain power to the general court
the clerk of the superior court for the county of saint louis
will
or either of them, are approved of or surety
to the above
mentioned Bond
No
In
vs
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The replication of
This repliant saving and reserving to himself all and all
manner of
advantage of exception to the manifold
the said
answer, for
and
prove his said bill to be true certain and sufficient in the law
to be
answered into, and that the said answer of the defendant is uncertain
untrue, and insufficient to be replied into by this
without
that, that any other thing or matter
answer
contained
matters
and things this repliant is and will be ready to
and prove as
this honorable court shall direct and
prays as in and by his
said bill he hath already prayed
vs
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The replication of
This
and all manner of advantage of exception
to the manifold
be true, certain and sufficient in the law to be answered
unto, and that the said answer of the defendant is uncertain,
untrue
and insufficient to be replied into by this repliant,
without that,
that any other matter or thing whatsoever in the
said answer contained,
material or
replied unto, confessed and avoided, traversed or denied, is true
all
which matters and things this
to aver and prove as this honorable court shall direct,
and humbly
prays as in and by his said bill he hath
already prayed.
vs
Replication in
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The Replication of
Defendant
This Repliant
himself
all and all manner of advantage of exception
to the manifold
thereunto
said bill to be true, certain and sufficient in the law to be
answered into, and that the said answer of the defendant
is uncertain,
by this repliant without that, that any other matter or
thing
whatsoever in the said answer contained, material
or effectual in the
law to be replied unto, confessed avoided,
things this
as this honorable court shall direct, and
as in and by his bill aforesaid he hath already prayed
vs
Replication in
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The Several answer of
the Bill of
Complaint of
against
The Said
of expection to the many
in the said Bill
of Complaint contained for answer
there to say that he is altogether
ignorant of any of the
transactions of the said
said complaint except what the said
one thousand eight hundred & Twelve
purchase of this Defendant a negro woman
to give him four hundred Dollars in
and this defendant
knowing
he was
as honest man and able to pay the said sum
although he did not know the
said
said
said
Defendant did thereupon
the said negro woman &
Hundred and
said horse in payment,
and took on assignment on
said note without
be able to pay that sum :
and on the
said
upon
but this defendant
also called on
hands as his security and him suggested any
imposition in obtaining said note on his signature
to the same And this
defendant did assign the
said
the
defendant knows
this defendant
combination and confidency in the complaints bill charged
against him,
without that that there is any other matter
or thing in the said
complainants said Bill contained
material or
and nor
knowledge and
matter and things this defendant is ready to aver
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and humbly
costs and
charge in this behalf wrong hath
oath
Saith. that the
answer as stated from his own knowledge are true - and those
stated by way of information he believes to be true
vs
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The
Bill of Complaint of
against
The said
to
to
things charged in
the said Bill of Complaint except what so
set
year the thousand eight hundred and
the
hand on the
which note was
That this deponent did
he knew the said
to be
to
thereof of
said
he
to
full amount of
said
he
for the money, and
said
half he
would be
therein the said pocket
Book &
One of said
That the said
his
know
nothing,
to him that he was
said
this defendant
would
note had he thought or
a
and all
manner of unlawful combination and
in the complainants
Bill
that that there is any
complainants Bill of Complaint contained material
for this defendant to
make answer
hereby
sufficiently answered unto,
Defendant - all
which matters and things
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this Defendant is ready to aver maintain and prove as this
his oath saith that the
way of information of others be believed to be true.
vs
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The Several answer of
to the Bill of Complaint of
The said
to himself
all and all manner of
exception to the
many
in
the said Bill of Complaint contained so answer there
to says that in
the spring of the year one thousand eight
hundred and Eleven he was in
the
a
worth Two Hundred
dollars : that there he met
knew nothing of his character except that he had
heard he gambled sometimes that
much he would take
for said Horse, and this
told him that the
price was two Hundred Dollars that
said he would give him that
price and
go to
proved for the sake of receiving
the money for the Horse - and
we went there : and when we came there
pay the money but proposed to
give
amount with good
that he might have the Horse if he would get good
That said
he was not
and this respondant knowing
take said
when this
and as far as he recollects the said
and the said
your respondant and he delivered
the Horse to said
the evening - which note is the same set
forth in the
complainants Bill - And this
to
become security although
did he use any
for that
purpose. nor does he know that said
other
person that said now contained any other clause
or
that
if said
if
That this Respondant the
next day went home to where he
lives on the
saith that about
the
thousand eight hundred & Twelve
trading
that if he would like an
assignment of the same with
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it was
take the same in that way & it was so
the full amount of said note excepting a deduction
of about
Twenty dollars. and the reason of his
to assign the same in
that way was, that he had
heard that
did not
other reason that of the proceedings
over said
the conduct and
of unlawful
in the said complainants
Bill charged against him
without that, that there is any other matter
or thing
in the said Complainants Bill contained material or
effectual for this Defendant to answer unto and not
and hereby
sufficiently answered unto
and belief of this defendant - all which matter
&
things this defendant is ready to
prove this Honorable
humbly prays,
wrongfully
oath saith that the matter of
forgoing answer as stated from his own knowledge are
are true
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The following facts are
and
county
hundred
and eleven
Territory
aforesaid,
strong
2nd That when the said
the said
hundred dollars.
3rd
in good
4th. That the said
and
dollars.
5th That the said
between
to become
of the said sum of two hundred
dollars
6th That the said
the complainant
to become bound as security for said
as security as aforesaid
8th. That they did
with an
as
the security of the said
of the said sum to the
said
9 That
operator to the
said complainant that the said
complainant would never be injured by
being
security in that behalf for the said
most
particularly
that
the said
suffer.
10 That when the said
the said obligation or
note to the complainant
they pretended and
contained a condition therein that if the said
until the next day after that then
present
day, then the complainant
from the effect
of the said obligation a note.
11 That the complainant then requested the
said
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but the said
and would not
deceive the complainant once the
said
that the before
tendered obligation or note and that such was
its effect in
law.
the truth to him he was thereby
money .
13 That when he executed the said note as security
for said
his own concerns with any kind of
discretion
Judgment or
aforesaid procured as
aforesaid
14 That the said complainant was entirely deceived
in executing said
note or obligation by the false
suggestions and the
to him by the said Bolly, Lane and others their
confederates
All which facts the said complainant still
be
of facts
and other
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We command you that all
between
plaintiff, and
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prove that the
the
note or
are
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ads
on
Reasons for a new
trial
to the
against
the evidence
filed (
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You are hereby commanded
that setting aide all manner of excuse and
delay
person
before the judges of our
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
and
defendant, on the
part of the
Executed this
house of
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You are hereby commanded
that setting aside all manner of excuse and
delay
person before the judge of our
at the town of
controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
is plaintiff and
part of the
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be
the above suit