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This day
justice of the
and under oath that
with
the state of
&
said
per
there he was
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of
the
state
character of said
of the said
of said
of said wife of
of said
state of
in
further states that he was
of
the said
his
place and property he was in the state of
who than
and your
not under the above
laws of the county he is
and that he is now
order
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The boy
mark and his name was
Peter
authorized
institute
1827
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a
on the
and
and there with
the said
at the
to wit for the
the will of the said
at the
the year 1827
the said
and obtained
then and
said
of
And the defendant by
and defends the
that he as not
and form as the
We command you to summon
before the
at the city of
there to answer into
This is an
false
for
summons
Executed this writ In
by a certified copy of the
residence with a
family, He the said
the
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This day
of the circuit court of the county of
he has been permitted to
establish his right to freedom, that the said
counsel & his mentioned to
was on saturday last informed by one
Neal that
and this
from this
made to
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You are hereby commanded that you
the have body of
known by the name of
who has been permitted to institute a suit
& who has stated on oath that he
will be removed out of the jurisdiction of
the court unless an order is made
you from so
as a slave, you have before me
my
on Friday the
then and there to do &
Executed this writ on
by
with a member of his family a white person over 15 years of age.
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Be it remembered that on this
before
circuit in the state aforesaid
acknowledged themselves indebted to the state of
levied of their respective goods and
Whereas a coloured man by the name of
imprisonment on the circuit court for the county of
to freedom agreeably to the statute in such case
made and provided and has made oath that he fears
said
reasonable liberty of attending his
that he will be removed out of the
of the court- now therefore the condition of this
recognizance is that of the said petitioner
said suit have reasonable liberty of attending his
not be subjected to any severity because of his
and effect
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You are hereby commanded to summon
Rebecca
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay,
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
Rebecca Walton
Polly
for plaintiff
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay,
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
for
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay,
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
for
and
not found
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
of
by
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The above named plaintiff being sworn
on his oath saith that
Walton, and
defendant, had been summoned as writ on behalf
deponent in the trial of the above case, that when the case
came on to trial, on wednesday the tenth in that, this deponant
caused the said witness to be called, and or finding that
they were not attending, he was about to apply for
of his case on the ground of the absence of said witnesses
represented to him the deponant, that the testimony of the
said
to his freedom, and that he the said
prove all be intended to prove and establish by the above
named
the statement of the said
agreed to go on to trial upon the testimony of the said
deponent the
defendant and this deponant
The plaintiff
for the following
a
James and
this
his case on account of the
affidavit for new trial
Not
which still not
trial & when the
said
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and for
under his suit