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by leave of the Court
made,
on the
hundred
and forty two,
the
him the said plaintiff and then
and there beat,
and ill treated
him, and then and there
him the
said plaintiff and detained and
him in
against the
state.
on the time of the
vances aforesaid the said
still is a free
person, and that the said defendant
held and still holds the said
plaintiff in slavery
wherefore the said plaintiff says that he has
been injured and hath sustained damage
in the sum thousand of five hundred
dollars, and therefore
he brings his suit &c
ss. And now at this day
by his attorney & defend the force
&c
posed trespasses or either of them in manner &
plained against him
upon the country &c
vs
Declaration in
for False
& suit for freedom
filed by
Gamble & Walker
17p 442