Francois Deroin and Dennis Julien v. Patrick Lee This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.

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 May 11, 1815

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 Francois Deroin and Dennis Julien v. Patrick Lee May 11, 1815 Derouin, Francois Julien, Dennis Lee, Patrick Trespass on the Case Conversion 12 St. Louis Circuit Court Leduc, Marie P. Thompson, John W. Guion, Hubert Lucas, Charles JB deciphered unclear tags and proofread, correcting transcription errors through line 107 CAB added legal information. KT removed comment tags, etc. GAL reviewed text-orientation rends Complaint of Francois Derouin and Dennis Julien

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 Complaint of Francois Derouin and Dennis Julien Lucas, Charles Leduc, Marie P. Thompson, John W. St. Louis Circuit Court St Louis County Ss. Francois Derouin and Davis Julien

St Louis County Ss. Francois Derouin and Dennis Julien merchants and traders trading and doing business under the name style of Francois Derouin Dennis Julian complain of Patrick Lee wherefore he took three packs of Beaver skins and twenty four packs of shaved deer skins and packs of raccoon skins and one pack of muskrat and other skins mixed, the goods and chattels and property of them the said plaintiffs and detained the same against and pledges until restitution thereof was made by the sheriff of the said county of Saint Louis and therefore the said Francois Derouin and Dennis Julien by their Attorney complain for that the said Patrick on the eleventh day of May One thousand eight hundred fifteen at the town of S Louis in the county of S Louis aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of their court in a certain ware house took the goods and chattels of them the said Derouin and Julien three packs of Beaver skins weighing three hundred and twenty eight pounds numbered "One two three" of great value to writ of the value of seven hundred dollars and twenty four packs of shaved deer skins weigh- ing about two thousand four hundred and sixty five pounds of great value to writ of the value of twelve hundred dollars and four packs of raccoon skins containing three hundred skins of great value to writ of the value of three hundred dollars and one pack of muskrat and other skins mixed containing sixty two skins of great value to writ of the value of two hundred dollars all the property goods or chattels of them the said plaintiff and unjustly detained the same against and pledges until the sheriff of the said county of Saint Louis made deliverance thereof to them the said plaintiffs where-fore the said Derouin and Julien the said plaintiffs say that they are injured and have sustained damage to the value of three thousand dollars and therefore they bring suit

Charles Lucas atty for Plff Territory of Missouri County of Saint Louis The United States of America to the Sheriff of the county of St Louis Greeting.

We command you that if Francois Derouin and Dennis Julien, merchants and traders, trading and doing business under the name style of Francois Derouin and Dennis Julien shall make you secure you cause to be and delivered to them the said Derouin and Julien three packs of Beaver skins numbered "One, two three" of the value of seven hundred dollars, and twenty four packs of shaved deer skins of the value of twelve hundred dollars, and four packs of raccoon skins of the value of three hundred dollars and one pack of muskrat and other skins mixed of the value of two hundred dollars, the property of the said Derouin and Julien as they say which said property is detained by Patrick Lee against and pledges And that you summon the said Patricks Lee if he may be found within your bailiwick that he be and appear before our Cir- cuit court to be holden at the town of Saint Louis within and for the County of Saint Louis on the second monday in July next then and there to answer unto Derouin and Julien doing business under the name style aform of Francois Derouin and Dennis Julien of a plea wherefore be the said Patrick took three packs of Beaver skins numbered "one, two three" of the value of seven hundred dollars and twenty four packs of shaved deer skins of the value of twelve hundred dollars and four packs of raccoon skins of the value of three hun-dred dollars and one pack of muskrat and other skins mixed of the value of two hundred dollars the property of the said Derouin and Julien and the said property detains against and pledges to the damage of the said Derouin and Julien three thousand dollars and have you then there this writ .

Witness Mary P. Ledger check of our said circuit court at S Louis this eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen and of our Independence the thirty ninth M. P. clk </titleStmt> <publicationStmt> <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> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> <profileDesc/> </teiHeader> <text> <body rend="handwritten"> <div1 legalFunction="caption" rend="vertical"> <pb facs="0714_003.tif" n="003"/> <opener> <abbr>No.</abbr> 12 <orgName> <choice> <orig>St Louis Circuit Court</orig> </choice> </orgName> <lb/> <date when="1815-07">July Term 1815</date> </opener> <head> <persName> <choice> <orig>Francois</orig> </choice> </persName> <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"> <supplied> <persName> <choice> <orig>Derouin</orig> </choice> </persName> </supplied> </unclear> to<lb/> <persName> <choice> <orig>Dennis</orig> </choice> </persName> Julien-<lb/> <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"> <supplied>vs</supplied> </unclear> <lb/> <persName> <choice> <orig>Patrick</orig> </choice> </persName> Lee</head> <p rend="bracketed">Declaration in<lb/> <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> </p> <p>Let a writ of people<lb/> him according to the<lb/> within declaration<lb/> damage $3000<lb/> </p> <closer> <signed> <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"> <supplied>C. <persName> <choice> <orig>Lucas</orig> </choice> </persName> </supplied> </unclear> <lb/> <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"> <supplied>atty</supplied> </unclear> </signed> </closer> </div1> <div1 legalFunction="certificate of execution" rend="horizontal"> <pb facs="0714_003.tif" n="003"/> <p>Executed on the 11th day of May <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"> <supplied>as</supplied> </unclear> <lb/> will more fully appear by the enclosed <lb/> List and Bond</p> <closer> <signed> <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"> <supplied>M</supplied> </unclear> Thompson <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"> <supplied>Shrff</supplied> </unclear> </signed> </closer> </div1> <div1 legalFunction="costs" rend="horizontal"> <pb facs="0714_003.tif" n="003"/> <p> <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> and Bail Bond-$1.50</p> <pb facs="0714_004.tif" n="004"/> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI> <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" > <teiHeader> <fileDesc> <titleStmt> <title>Inventory of Pelts Recovered From Patrick Lee

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 Inventory of Pelts Recovered From Patrick Lee Thompson, John W. St. Louis Circuit Court List of peltry recieved out of the hand of Patrick Lee on the 11th day of may 1815

1 pack of Beavers No 1- lot 97

1 - - no 2 - 100

1 - - no 3 96

containing 27 lbs Beaver 99 lbs Raccoon skins 62 muskrats skins 35 18 deer skins

1 pack of raccoon skins No 9-

1 - - no 3

1 - no 1

1 - - no2 wth

27 Beaver and 99 raccoon skins

23 packs of shaved deer skins -

Delivered to Francois Derouin May 11th 1815 M Thompson shrff Plaintiff Francois Derouin's Provision of Security for Costs

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 Plaintiff Francois Derouin's Provision of Security for Costs Derouin, Francois Guion, Hubert Pratte, Bern St. Louis Circuit Court

Know all men by these presents that W Francois Derouin and Bernerd Pratte both of the county of St Louis and territory of Missouri an held and firmly bound unto John M . Thompson sheriff of St Louis county or his successors in office in the first and full sum of five thousand dollars currency of the United States to the payment of which will and truely to be made we bind ourselves and severally our and each of our and firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and signed with our hands this eleventh day of May Eighteen hundred and fifteen

The of the above obligation is such that whereas the aforesaid Francois Derouin and Dennis Julian have this day received a certain of a peltry out of the lands of Patrick Lee by virtue of a writ of clerks office of the circuit court of St Louis as will more fully appear from the return as said for it - now if the said Francois Derouin and Dennis Julian return the aforesaid property to the said Patrick Lee if it should be adjudged to him by the said circuit court or any other court at any further period in as good order as when it was when they received it and without waste or defalcation when this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and - written in Law

Witness Hubert Guion his Francois X Derouin