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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.
to me upon the
of
of
known
ing
the aforesaid,
part thereof are
of
at
authorise and
same or any part thereof
that you
the said
the
Given
Executed By making
none of the property within
mentioned But he acknowl
edged that he has had prop
erty of the kind and has
sold it to
Body in Custody
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We the undersigned acknowlegde ourselves
and such of us
other in now proper persons to stand in debled
to the united States of america in the sum if one
hundred Dollars to he lived severally of each
of our goods & chattles,
respectively upon the following
The conditions of this
such that if each of the undersigned do personally
appear at the next circit court to he holden
within and for the county of
on the first monday of the present month
then and there to gain such evidance as he
knoweth on behalf of the
a certain
having
to have been stolen
oliver is charged and that neither he nor either
of them do deport without
then these recognizance to be
remain in
that the defendant had bought and sold same of the
property stolen, the body in
sworn and examined after which the prisoner was
required to give bail in $ 100 but not being able
to get bail was commited to jail
I certify that the above is a correct
the
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goods
A
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St Louis County to wit: The
sent that
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
with force and
County aforesaid a large quantity of
to wit, eighteen
value to wit of the value of there hundred dollars
for each
to wit, two packs of racoon skins of great value
to wit of the value of one hundred dollars for each
to the
& there being found,
and carry away, contrary to the form of the
statute in such case made & provided, and
against the peace and dignity of the
of
And the
aforesaid do further present that the said
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
unlawfully and
large quantity of
three hundred dollars for each
quantity of racoon skins to wit, two
coon skins of great value to wit if the value of
of one hundred dollars for
and chattels of certain persons using the name
& style of "The
particular names are to the
stolen, taken and carried away by one Geroge
the slave of
oliver, then there well knowing the same
to be stolen and unlawfully come by,
contrary to the form of the statute in
such case made and provided and
against the peace and dignity of the
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
YOU are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
Judge of our Circit Vourt,
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of cortroversy now pending in our said
court, wherein
and
part of the
Excuted this
writ on
Smith on the
1820
forthwith
for