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color complains of
For that the said defendant heretofore to wit on the
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty nine
county aforesaid with force and arms made an assault
on the said plaintiff to wit: at the county aforesaid and
then and there beat,
her, and then and there imprisoned her and
kept and detained her in prison there, without any
reasonable or probable cause whatsoever, for a long time,
to wit, for the space of two years and three months
and thirty nine
and against the will of the said plaintiff, and other
wrongs to the said plaintiff then and there did against
the
the said plaintiff eight hundred dollars and therefore
she
vs
Declaration
This is an action of Trespass
for
Damage $800. Clerk
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We command you to
he be found in your county that he be and
appear
before the judge of our
at the
of
to the damage of said plaintiff
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
Suit &
vs
Summons
Plea of Trespass
Executed this writ in the
to
all of which he refused to hear
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Returnable to
vs
1- not guilty
2 that plff
3 foremen
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And the said defendant
by
the force and
is not guilty of the said
of them or any part thereof in manner and form
as the said plaintiff hath above thereof complained
aganist him and of this he the said defendant
And for a further plea in this behalf leave of
the court being first obtained for that
said defendants
aforesaid thereof
not to have or maintain because he says that
at and during the said time when the said
mentioned are
and this he the said defendant is
wherefore he prays
And for further plea in this behalf the said
defendant comes and defends the force and
wherein
and action thereof against him the siad defendant
ought not to have or mantain
that the said plaintiff heretofore to into at the
July Term of the
county aforesaid
hold the same, by a certain writ of
of
the said defendant afterwords to wit at the said
July Term of the same Count pleaded that he
the said defendant was not guilty of the said
therefore found upon the plea
the said plaintiff and the said defendant and therefore
aforesaid the said upon cause to be heard and
was then and there tried in due course of
law by a jury of the county duly summoned
tried chosen and
the said planitiff and the said defendant which
jury when the said trial then and there upon their
oaths found the said defendant guilty of the
said supposed
mentioned
of the said court upon the
of the jury aforesaid it was then and there
ordered and
said plaintiff circuit of the said defendant the
the said declaration mentioned
the
the said court defen the prose afens and at the county
afens and
pursuant their
severy by the land nend,
of the said plaintiff ought to how or
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And the said plaintiff as to the said plea of the said defendant by
and whereof
And as to the said plea of the defendant by
pleaded, the plaintiff says, that, by reason of any thing by the defendant
in that plea alleged, she the said plaintiff ought not to be barred or pre-
cluded from having and maintaining
the said defendant; because
at the time the said trespasses grievances in the said declaration
mentioned are alleged whose been committed was not
a slave
in manner and form as the defendant
said
of by the country, &c.
And as to the said plea of the defendant by
above pleaded, the plaintiff says that, by reason of any thing in that plea
alleged,
having and mainting
dant; because
declaration in this action mentioned are not the same
& grievance as those in the
respect whereof the said supposed Judgment in the said last
plea mentioned was
enquired of by the country, &c.
vs
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You are hereby commanded to summon
Fourborn, at Catholic Church, W Timzon
an old man
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person
before the Judge of our
at the
and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
and have you then and there this writ.
Served this writ on J. Fourbon &
W. Timson
not found
vs
H. Lane
Wit
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that sitting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person
before he Judge of our
1841
and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
where
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
and have you then and there this writ.
Served this writ on the within
witnesses
No 27
vs
Subp
Wit