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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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Your petitioner,
represents to your honour that he was born
in North
ton; that the said
ted from the
the
er with him as his property; that about
one year after the residence of the said Wal
ter in this State, he gave your petitioner
to his daughter
wife of Edward Lunsford, who resided
in the North Western Territory; that
the said
petitioner from the house of
of
ford, where your petitioner remained a-
bout two years in the employment of
your petitioner is now held in slavery
by
when your petitioner is advised and belives
he is
prays that he may be permitted to
in form a
thereto, and that such other orders may
be made in the premises as the law di
rects, and as may seem meet and propose
to your honour.
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This day personally appeared
before me.
nien, a Justice of the peaace within
and for the
said,
being duly
facts set out in the foregoing petition,
are true to the
Petition to
in forma
The
person. To establish his freedom and John C
It is moreover ordered that the petitioner have reasonable liberty to attend his
and the court when
and Charlie Peterman shall not be taken or
removed out of the jurisdiction of the
Court nor be subject to any
because of his application for
freedom. Given under my hand
chambers this
Executed this writ on
and order of the Judge.
Declaration
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complains of
on the
and arms, made an assault upon the
said
and there beat
him the said
tained him in prison there, without any
reasonable or probable
to wit, for the space of
next following; and the said
that before and at the time of commi
tting these grievances he was and still is
a free person, and that the defendant
held and detained him and
and detains him in
to the law of the
the will of the said
to the said
the great damage of the said
fore the said
and hath sustained damages to the amount as five hundred
and therefore he brings his suit
Declaration
We Command you to summon
and appear before the judge of our
next term thereof to
within and for the
of July next then and there to answer unto
of
hath sustained damages to the amount of five hundred dollars
and
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This day personally
before me
peace within and for said
makes
Court of the
of
for his freedom, against
has been
that he had been treated with unusual
severity on account of his having insti
tuted this suit for his freedom: second
ly, the affiant states that he
he is about to be subjected to further
your affiant farther states that he
believes he is about to be removed
out of the
count.
Filed
1829
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And the said
his attorney comes and
and says that he is not
above said to his charge or any part
form as the
against him. And of this the said
upon the
filed
Bill of
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You are hereby commanded to summon,
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay,
Judge of our
ing in our said Court, wherein
and
on the part of
Executed this writ
1829
for the plaintiff
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay,
the Judge of our
pending in our said Court, wherein
and
part of the
Executed this writ on
12 1829
for Defendant
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that John J.
are
no other
dence the party can safely
particular fact which the absent
expected to
not go to trial safely without the testimony of
the absent
with his
these
give testimony in this
the
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Be it remembered that in the
lord
the same, on the ground of
in support of said motion:
John J.Walton and Archibald
material
no other
evidence the party can safely
the particular fact, which the absent
are expected to prove, that the applicant belives
he cannot go to trail safely without the testi-
mony of the absent witnesses, that they are
not absent with his
ment,
as he belives, to give testimony in this cause
some time before the
this court.
The court over_ruled the motion for a
continuance, on the ground that the affida
asid prays the Judge to allow, and sign and
seal the same
Bill of Exceptions
Filed
22nd 1830
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This day personally appears
above named plaintiff, and makes oath
that the application for an appeal in the
above
vexation or delay, but because the affiant
verily believs himself aggrieved by the de
cision
upon which this appeal is prayed.
Affadavit.
filed
1830