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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.
of
For that whereas the said defendant on the
day of
four
and then and there imprisoned
in prison then and there without any reasonable
or probable
time
state and against the will of the said plaintiff
person. And that the defendant then and there
hold and
said defendant then and there
the
damaged
dollars Therefore the said plaintiff
Your petition respectfully states to
your Honor
is
said that she the said
in consequence of a certain proceeding had in
the
into the said
Contrary to the laws of the state of
afterwards brought to the
said
for
was born and is now
Your petition
this court to permit and allow her to
to establish her right to
Sworn to and subscribed before on the
In the
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
On reading the above Petition,
and his further ordered that the said petitioner
have reasonable liberty of attending his counsel
and the court as
that she be not removed from the jurisdiction
of this Court and that she be not subjected
to any severity
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
We command you to
he be found in your County that
before the Judge of our
held at the
day of
to the damage of said plaintiff
dollars: And have you then there this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause
On the
by reading
Head the
this writ
Damages $500.
reasonable liberty to sue as a poor person
and
It is
-onable liberty to attend the
her
and that the
not
of her
Free ✓(
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
And the said defendant
by
and defends the force and
injury where he and says that
he is not guilty is the said
trespass aforesaid to his charge on
above
him
the
Plea
on