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                           <orig>William Burd</orig>
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                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
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                           <orig>Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>John Ruland</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Ruland</orig>
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                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
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                              <orig>L. E. Lawless</orig>
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                           <orig>Ruland</orig>
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                           <orig>St. Louis Circuit Court</orig>
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                     <date when="1841-03">March
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                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
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                           <orig>Langton</orig>
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                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Jn</orig>
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                        </persName>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Ruland</orig>
                        </choice>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Burd</orig>
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                  <supplied>Service $1.00</supplied>
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                           <orig>Marshall</orig>
                        </choice>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Brotherton</orig>
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                           <orig>St. Louis Circuit Court</orig>
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                           <orig>St. Louis Circuit Court</orig>
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                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
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                        <orig>Wm</orig>
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                           <orig>Burd</orig>
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                     <supplied>
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                  <signed>
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                           <orig>Jn. Ruland</orig>
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               <p>This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit
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                           <orig>Scott</orig>
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               <p>Served the within notice by delivering <lb/>a true Copy thereof to <persName>
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                        <orig>William Burd</orig>
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                        <orig>Saint</orig>
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                  <placeName>
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                        <orig>Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Louis</orig>
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                  <dateline>[Subpoena.]</dateline>
                  <dateline>The State Of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <supplied>To the</supplied> Constable of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName> Township, in the <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County
       of St. Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>-Greeting:</salute>
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               <p>We command you to summon <seg rend="form-fill-in">
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Bernard</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
       Smelter</seg>
                  <lb/>that, all excuses and delays being set aside, he personally be and appear before the
      undersigned, a Justice <lb/>of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid, on the <date when="1841-12-06">
                     <seg rend="form-fill-in">sixth</seg> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">December</seg>
                     <lb/>184<seg rend="form-fill-in">1</seg>
                  </date>, at the hour of <seg rend="form-fill-in">six
       o'clock A</seg>. M., at his office, in the Township of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, to testify on the trial
      <lb/>of a case wherein <seg rend="form-fill-in">
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> 
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Scott</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
                     </supplied>
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                  <lb/>plaintiff, and <seg rend="form-fill-in">
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>William Burd</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </seg>
                  <lb/>defendant, on the part of the <seg rend="form-fill-in">plaintiff</seg>; and of this <seg rend="form-fill-in">he is</seg> not to fail, at <seg rend="form-fill-in">his</seg> peril;
      <lb/>and have you then there this writ.</p>
               <closer>Given under my hand, this <date when="1841-12-02">
                     <seg rend="form-fill-in">second</seg>
       day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">December</seg> 184<seg rend="form-fill-in">1</seg>
                  </date>. <lb/>
                  <signed>
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>Frd</supplied>. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  </signed>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Kretschmar</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> Justice.</closer>
            </div1>
            
            <div1 legalFunction="Certificate of Filing" rend="vertical">
               <pb facs="6847_016.tif" n="016"/>  
               <opener>
                  <abbr>No</abbr>
               </opener>
               <head rend="bracketed">
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <lb/>
                  <abbr>vs.</abbr> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>. </head>
               <p>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Subpoena</supplied>.</p>
               <p>Justice 18 3/4 <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
               </p>
               <p>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Bernard</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> Smelter</p>
               <p>Deposition to be <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>taken</supplied>
                  <lb/>
                  <abbr>Decbr</abbr> 6th <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 6 o'clock <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>a'n</supplied>
               </p>
               <closer>
                  <dateline>Summoned <lb/>
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Bernard</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName> Smelter</supplied>
                     <lb/>the <date when="1841-12-06">6th December <lb/>1841</date>. in <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>, <lb/>
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>Township</supplied>
                     <lb/>Louis. Du<unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>Breuil</supplied>
                     <lb/>Constable</dateline>
                  <lb/>
                  <signed>By A. D. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>Evans</supplied>
                  </signed>
                  <lb/>for 25 <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>cts</supplied> D6 </closer>
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               <pb facs="6847_017.tif" n="017"/>
               <p>Depositions <lb/> of witness, produced, sworn and examined at the office of <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Frederick</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Kretcshmar</supplied>, a Justice of the peace for and within the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County of
      Saint Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, before me, <lb/>the said Justice, in a certain came now
      depending in the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis Circuit Court</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, <lb/>between <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>,
      plaintiff, and <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, defendant, on the part of the said plaintiff:</p>
               <p>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Bernard</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> Smelter, of lawful age, being produced, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>sworn</supplied> and
      <lb/>examined on the part of the plaintiff, deposeth and saith:</p>
               <p>I know <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, a mulatto <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>man</supplied>, the plaintiff, and
      also <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, the defendant. I bought in the year <date>1835</date>. of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, <lb/>the defendant, two <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>stills</supplied>, one new one and an old one; I also brought <lb/>in, at the same time, an old
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>still</supplied>, to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>have</supplied> it mended
      at the shop <lb/>of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr</supplied>. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  <supplied>still</supplied>, which I took <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>over</supplied> to my
      place of <lb/>residence in Saint <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Clair</supplied> County, <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of
      Illinois</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  <supplied>I returned</supplied>
      to <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, making <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> acquainted with this fact,
      and requesting him to send over some of his <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>hands</supplied>, to
      get the still put in good order. Mr. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> wanted <lb/>to send his black man, <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, over
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                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Pennsylvania</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>
                  <lb/>German, in the employ of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, as I could <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>better</supplied> speak <lb/>with him, but his family being sick, I could not
      have him <lb/>and then said mulatto <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> came over to me with the <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>son</supplied> of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> - The son of
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> showed Louis what to <lb/>do on the still and
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>assisted</supplied> in the repairs, he then left, the day after <lb/>their
      arrival, leaving Louis at my house to complete the work. <lb/>Louis remained at work on the
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>still</supplied> until Friday or Saturday (he <lb/>and the son of
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>having</supplied> commenced
      on Monday morning, preceding <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>said</supplied> Saturday.) The still
      did not prove <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>sound</supplied> after these repairs, and I <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>returned</supplied> to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, requesting him
      to take it back. <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>I sent</supplied> the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>still</supplied> to him, it was weighed, and I was <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>credited</supplied> for
      the <lb/>weight of the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>still</supplied> at the rate of old Copper.
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr</supplied>. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> also presented <lb/>to me an account of some
      twenty or thirty dollars for said repairs, <lb/>and demanded of me payment for of the amount
      thus <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>accruing</supplied>, <pb facs="6847_018.tif" n="018"/>I had <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>given Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> an endorsed note for the first Bill, being for said
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>new<lb/> still,</supplied>, the old one, and for the repairs done in <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> on
      the old <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>still</supplied> I had sent there <lb/>He, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, now claimed of me a balance of some $150, after having <lb/>deducted
      the value of the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>returned</supplied> new <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>still</supplied> as aforesaid. I considered this <lb/>balance <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>extravagant</supplied> and determined not to pay the same, unless compelled <lb/>by law. I was sued
      for this amount, and <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>deprived</supplied> of my defense by <lb/>my Endorser's
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>settling the matter. This Endorser was <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>John Schriber</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                     <lb/> who afterwards sued</supplied> me for the amount paid for me. Before I was sued by
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr.</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, he sent me a Bill to <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Illinois</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> of the above
      mentioned amount <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>(about $150), which included an account of</supplied> (from 20 to 30 dollars)
      <lb/>for the repairs done on the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>new still</supplied> in <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Illinois</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> by the
      said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, <lb/>and also an <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>additional</supplied> item for the
      materials used in said repairs. I offered <lb/>to settle the Bill by <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> him a horse and some corn, but the <lb/>person <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>presenting</supplied> the Bill, refused to accept of them. As for as I know,<lb/>the settlement
      made by Mr. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Schriber</supplied>, my <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Endorser</supplied>,
      with Mr. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, <lb/>embraced all I owed Mr. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, and included the aforesaid charge for
      <lb/>repairs done by <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> at my residence; and for which <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>amount</supplied> I gave my note to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Mr. Schnider</supplied>, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>which is still held</supplied> by him <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>All</supplied> the
      <lb/>transactions with Mr. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, here referred to, were with him, I did not <lb/>know of Mr.
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Tildin</supplied> until <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>about</supplied> a year
      afterwards, when I was <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>sued</supplied>.- <lb/>When the son of Mr. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
      left my house, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>he</supplied> told me to keep <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> there
      <lb/>until the repairs should be fully completed by him. I controlled him <lb/>in his work,
      until he left; I paid his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>boarding</supplied> during his stay. Louis was
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>boarded</supplied> at <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Kennedy's boarding</supplied> house in
      <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Jacksonville</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> or Pomgam, <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Clair</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Illinois</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>.
      There was no one at my house to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>superintend</supplied>
                  <lb/>the work of Louis, after the son of Mr. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> had left, except myself. <lb/>Further
      deponent saith not.</p>
               <closer>
                  <signed>
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Bernard</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName> Smelter</supplied>
                  </signed>
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               <pb facs="6847_018.tif" n="018"/>
               <p>I Frederick Kretschmar, a Justice of the Peace for and within <lb/>the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County of Saint Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, and <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State
      of Missouri</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, do hereby certify, that <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Bernard</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> Smelter, the deponent, whose place of residence
      is in <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Clair</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of Illinois</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, was by me
      sworn, to testify the <lb/>whole truth of his knowledge, touching the matter in controversy in
      the </p>
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               <title>Subpoena</title>
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               <p>This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit
                    Court historical records project.</p>
            </publicationStmt>
            <sourceDesc>
               <p>The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit
                    Court collection.</p>
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               <legalDoc genre="civil" stagelit="trial" type="subpoena" when="1841-12-06"> </legalDoc>
               <legalTitle>Subpoena</legalTitle>          
               <author role="clerk">Rudland, John</author>        
               <court>St. Louis County Court</court>
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               <opener>
                  <dateline>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>, <abbr>ss.</abbr>
                  </dateline>
                  <dateline>The <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>,</dateline>
                  <salute>To <seg rend="form-fill-in">
                        <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                        <supplied>
                           <persName>
                              <choice>
                                 
                                 <orig>Alfred M</orig>
                              </choice>
                           </persName>
                        </supplied> 
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Rucker</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>, <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Richard S</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>.
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                        <supplied>
                           <persName>
                              <choice>
                                 
                                 <orig>Tilden</orig>
                              </choice>
                           </persName>
                        </supplied>
                        <lb/>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Wm Burd</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName> &amp; Thos. Andrews</seg>, <lb/>Greeting:- </salute>
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               <p>You are hereby commanded, that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, you appear
      <lb/>before the Judge of our <orgName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Circuit Court</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </orgName>, on the <date when="1841-12-30">
                     <seg rend="form-fill-in">December30th 1841</seg>
                  </date>
                  <lb/>at the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>City of St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, then and there to <lb/>testify, and the truth to say in a
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                     <supplied>
                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Lewis</orig>
                           </choice>
                        </persName>
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                  <lb/>plaintiff and <seg rend="form-fill-in">
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Burd</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> is</seg>
                  <lb/>defendant on the part of <seg rend="form-fill-in">defendant</seg>
                  <lb/>and herein you are in no wise to fail.</p>
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               <closer>Witness, <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>John Ruland</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, Clerk of our said Court, with the <lb/>seal thereof hereto
      affixed, at office, in the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>City of St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, <lb/>this <date when="1841-12-06">
                     <seg rend="form-fill-in">6th</seg> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">December</seg> in the year of
       our Lord one thousand eight hundred and <lb/>forty <seg rend="form-fill-in">one</seg>
                  </date>. <lb/>
                  <signed>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Jn.Ruland</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </signed> Clerk, <abbr>C.</abbr>
                  <abbr>C.</abbr>
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               <pb facs="6847_020.tif" n="020"/>  
               <p>Executed on A.</p>
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                  <signed>
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      then sworn in <lb/>the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>usual</supplied> form to try the said cause
      <lb/>The plaintiff then produced <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Bernhart</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Smelter</supplied>
                  <lb/>a German as a witness as in said cause who <lb/>on application for an interpreter of the
      German <lb/>into English and <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>vice or versa</supplied> was refused by the
      <lb/>court for the reason that the court was of <lb/>opinion that an interpreter was not
      necessary <lb/>after said witness <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>proceeded</supplied> some time to give
      <lb/>his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>testimony</supplied> The plaintiffs counsel again applied <lb/>for
      an interpreter for said witness on the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>ground</supplied> understood the
      English language <lb/>so imperfectly, which was again refused by the <lb/>Court. the said
      witness gave the following <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>testimony</supplied>
                  <lb/>before the said Court the said cause <lb/>to wit that he had been <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>acquainted</supplied> with the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>parties</supplied>
                  <lb/>to this suit <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>since</supplied>
                  <date when="1835-12">December 1835</date>, I Bought of <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Tilden</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> &amp;<abbr>Co.</abbr> of which firm defendant was <lb/>a member,
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>two</supplied> Copper <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>stills</supplied> to take
      to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St Clair</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>
                  <lb/>
                  <pb facs="6847_064.tif" n="064"/> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> in the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>stills</supplied> after were <lb/>found imperfect, and I called
      at defendants shop in <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> in the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> and defendant or <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>his</supplied>
                  <lb/>partner said he would send <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>over</supplied> to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> the plaintiff <lb/>a yellow man to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>mend</supplied> said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Stills</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, I said that, <lb/>I would prefer a <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <sic>pensylvania</sic> dutchman</supplied> to the yellow <lb/>man, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>one</supplied> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Adam Sadler</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
      was present and acted as interpreter <lb/>on the occasion, the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>dutchman</supplied> could not go <lb/>on account of his family's sickness, defendant said that
      <lb/>the yellow man (the <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>) would do as well <lb/>as the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>dutchman</supplied> this conversation was on the <date when="1836-02-15">15th <lb/>day of
       February 1836</date> at deft. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>shop</supplied> in said <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>, I
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>then</supplied>
                  <lb/>went over to <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St Clair County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>, and on the <date when="1836-02-19">19th or <lb/>20th of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                     <supplied>Feby</supplied> 1836</date>,
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> the plaintiff came <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>over</supplied> to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>
                  <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Clair County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> and worked on the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Stills</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied>, he came <lb/>over a second time and <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <sic>staid</sic>
                  </supplied> about four days working <lb/>on said stills in the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>, the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>stills</supplied> did <lb/>not
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>yet</supplied> answer and on the <date when="1836-03-07">7th of March
       1836</date> the plaintiff <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Lewis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> came over again and said the soldering <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>melted</supplied> away, I had seen the defendant <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>or his partner</supplied>
                  <lb/>who sent over the said yellow man <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Lewis Scott</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> in saw
       <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Clair County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>, he remained there four days <lb/>working on said stills, said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Scott</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> was in all about <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars"/>
                  <lb/>thirteen
      or fourteen days in <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St Clair County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>,
      during which time plaintiff's board <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars"/>
                  <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars"/>was paid by this witness, and the defendant
      <lb/>was to have pay for the hire of said yellow <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>man</supplied>
                  <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Lewis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>, Mr. <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> the defendant <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>presented</supplied> the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>like</supplied>
                  <lb/>to <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>me</supplied> for the hire of said <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Scott</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> for said work in <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>, I offered <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>John</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Schriber</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> as security therefor <lb/>I finally cost the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Kettles</supplied> or stills entirely. Defendant agreed <lb/>to take the Kettles or
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>stills</supplied> Back and give up my <lb/>notes which he held, I sent
      the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Stills</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> to Mr. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <lb/>to give them to defendant, I was allowed 20 cents per pound <lb/>for them, defendant
      Brought in the Bill for the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>hire</supplied>
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               <p>of plaintiff for work in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> the Bill amounted
       <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>to</supplied> $26 dollars The same was presented a second time
      <lb/>and I was told if I would not pay <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>it</supplied> I would <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>be</supplied>
                  <lb/>sent to jail, and I was put in jail for said <lb/>Bill I sent for <persName>
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                        <orig>John</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Schriber</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
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                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>John Schriber</orig>
                        </choice>
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                  </supplied>
                  <lb/>I <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Burd</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> the defendant, the stills were returned <lb/>and
      defendant <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>received them</supplied>, the said Bill for <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>said</supplied>
                  <lb/>hire was presented for payment about 4 month after <lb/>the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Stills</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
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                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Scott</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                  </supplied> whilst he <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> was in
      <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName>. <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Clair County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>, Witness <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>cross-examined</supplied>
                  <lb/>by deft's <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>counsel</supplied>, the said yellow man went to <lb/>the
      <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> on the <date when="1836-02-15">15th of
       February 1836</date> the <lb/>first time, the last time <date when="1836-03-07">7th day of
       March 1836</date>
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                  <supplied>made</supplied> by <lb/>defendant to send plaintiff <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>to <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied>
      was on <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>main</supplied>
                  <lb/>Street in <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> not <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>above</supplied> the Bank, the <lb/>account
      was first presented shortly after the <lb/>work was done in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> at <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>witness's</supplied> place <lb/>there by Burds Clerk
      next time after <lb/>setting for the <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Stills</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars"/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>At the</supplied>
                  <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> Boarding <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>house</supplied> by <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> deft <lb/>himself he
      said he <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>would</supplied> put <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>me</supplied> in
      <lb/>jail, I said I had <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>settled</supplied> all by giving <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>up</supplied> the stills, I was <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>put</supplied> in
      jail <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Schriber</supplied> paid some of it I paid <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Schriber</supplied>
                  <lb/>he was on a note <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>of</supplied> 300 dollars, witness <lb/>was on
      the note. I was not <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>put</supplied> in jail <lb/>for a note as I
      believe but for 30 dollars <lb/>Mr. <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Burd</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> on cause up with</supplied> the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>jailor</supplied>
                  <lb/>and the jailer let me go, I thought deft <lb/>did not treat me <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>well</supplied>, I feel no <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>anger</supplied>
                  <lb/>towards defendant, young <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> may <lb/>have been over, I think he did not <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>come</supplied>
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                  <supplied>house</supplied>, I Bought the
      old <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>still</supplied>
                  <lb/>in <date>1835</date> they would not <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>hot steam</supplied> Mr<lb/> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Sadler</supplied> was there two <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>weeks before</supplied>, <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Sadler<lb/> interpreted</supplied> 4 times 1st when <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>some hooks</supplied>
                  <lb/>were made in last of <sic>december</sic> or January <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>&amp; when</supplied> the
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                  <supplied>taken</supplied> over in <lb/>January <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                  <date when="1835-02-15">February 15th,</date> when <lb/>the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Kettles</supplied> would not do next the <date when="1835-03-07">7th <lb/>day of March
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Lewis Scott</orig>
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                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St Clair</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> 
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>County</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> 
                  <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
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                  <supplied>Kettles, young</supplied>
                  <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
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                  <lb/>I cannot <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                  <supplied>distinctly</supplied>
      - <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>James</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  <supplied>Reed</supplied> being sworn and examined <lb/>on behalf
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                  <supplied>gave</supplied> the <lb/>following testimony to
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                  <supplied>wit</supplied>, I am <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>acquainted</supplied> with the
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                  <supplied>in</supplied> this <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>suit</supplied>, I
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                        <orig>Burd</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Bernhart</orig>
                        </choice>
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       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>sued</supplied>
                  <lb/>him for his freedom, <persName>
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                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Claimed</supplied>
                  <lb/>plaintiff as his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>slave</supplied>, defendant always <lb/>contracts
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                  <supplied>
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Lewis</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Scott</orig>
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                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
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                  <supplied>know</supplied>
                  <lb/>that the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>boy</supplied> had been sent there <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                        <orig>Lewis Scott</orig>
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               <p>(On <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>part</supplied> of plaintiff)<lb/> If the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Jury finds</supplied> from the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>evidence</supplied> that <lb/>
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> the Deft a
      manufacturer and repairer in copper <lb/>used his slave named <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Lewis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
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                  <supplied>business-</supplied> That in Burds <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>absence</supplied> from
      <lb/>the state the Establishment was <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>carried on</supplied>
                  <lb/>as tho he were present and that his <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>interest in</supplied>
                  <lb/>it continued and that said <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Lewis</orig>
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                  <supplied>remained</supplied>
                  <lb/>there working as before and was by <lb/>the person in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>authority</supplied> in Burds establishment <lb/>sent over <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>to repair</supplied>
      copper works in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
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                  <lb/>and that the slave did so go and work <lb/>in <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>
                  </supplied> it
      is an Introduction of slavery <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>into <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Illinois</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>- and such</supplied> as will produce
      <lb/>the freedom of a slave- and the <lb/>
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Jury</supplied> must find for
      the plaintiff</p>
               <p>Refused</p>
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            <div1 legalFunction="Certificate of Filing" rend="vertical">
               <pb facs="6847_090.tif" n="090"/>
               <head rend="bracketed">
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> 
                  <lb/>
                  <abbr>vs</abbr> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName>
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               <p>Instruction asked <lb/>by plff- refused <lb/>
                  <date when="1844-05-24">May 24.
      1844</date>
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               <p>On part of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Deft</supplied>
                  <lb/> 1. That the plaintiff is not entitled to his freedom <lb/>in consequence of being sent
      to <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Illinois</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> to do <lb/>work &amp; <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>or</supplied> of <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>remaining</supplied> there to do the same, if the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>jury believes</supplied> from the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>evidence</supplied> that he was <lb/>thus sent
      &amp; <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>remained</supplied> there, <lb/>without the knowledge,
      <lb/>consent or connivance of the defendant. <lb/> (Given)</p>
               <p>2 That the plaintiff is not entitled to his freedom <lb/>in consequence of his having been
       <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>sent</supplied> to the <lb/>
                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of Illinois</orig>
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                  </placeName> to do work there by a
       <lb/>
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                  <supplied>member</supplied> of the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>firm to which defendant <lb/> belonged, and of his remaining</supplied>
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                  <supplied>jury</supplied> believe from the evidence
      that he was so sent &amp; <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>remained</supplied>, <lb/>
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                  <supplied>entirely</supplied> without the knowledge consent <lb/>or <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>connivance</supplied> of the defendant. <lb/> (Given)</p>
               <p>3 If the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>jury believes</supplied> from the evidence that defendant <lb/>was
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                  <supplied>hired</supplied> him for <lb/>a year
      to a <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>firm</supplied> transacting business in the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </placeName> of
      which he the defendant <lb/>was member, and that said plaintiff was sent <lb/>to the <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of
      Illinois</orig>
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                  <supplied>firm</supplied> after <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> the <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>deft</supplied>
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                  <supplied>remained</supplied> there to do it and
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                  <supplied>remained</supplied>, without
      <lb/>the knowledge, consent or <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>connivance</supplied> of the <lb/>said
      defendant, they are <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>bound</supplied> to find for <lb/>the
      defendant.<lb/> (Given)</p>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Louis Scott</orig>
                     </choice>
                  </persName> (of color) <lb/>
                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
                  <lb/> 
                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Wm Burd</orig>
                     </choice>
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               <p>Instructions prayed <lb/>for by <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
                  <supplied>Deft</supplied> &amp;
      <lb/>Given by Court <lb/>
                  <date when="1844-05-24">May 24 1844</date>
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