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 April 30, 1834 July Term 1834

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 Henry, a man of color v. William Morrison April 30, 1834 July Term 1834 Henry Morrison, William Trespass Assault Battery False Imprisonment 19 St. Louis County Court Gamble, Archibald Walker, John K. Brotherton, James Walsh, Patrick Unknown KT removed comment tags, added caseTitle, and moved legalFunction tags PM Proofread through lines 25,45,46,51,67,70,76,102,104 MB added legal information - done CM performed final review of legal encoding Petition

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 Petition Henry Walsh, Patrick Gamble, Archibald Brotherton, James Walker, John K. St. Louis County Court

order permitting suit on Book 7- page 202

In petition is permitted to sue as

Henry vs Morison

Petition to sue in form a

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 Complaint Gamble, Archibald St. Louis County Court July term 1834 St Louis of county to

thereforeand She 6 of a of the for that this said William areShe 6 Swan on the first day of april in the year 1834 with and ensures madean for the sand Henry therefor to wit at the county of St Louis and theand this stand the sand Henry a great many violent and standig and and there in furnished the sand Henry and debt and attained him in anthere in attend my a each whatsoever be a speech of them to witfor the speech of the days, than next following to can against thewith of the sand Henry And the sand Henry therefore owns that before and at the him of the committing the given means fun and then was and still is a fee person and the defendents held and obtained him and stall helds and obtains him in slavery. Whats the said Henry her him greatly equal to be et at the county of St Louis and After Henry them and there did against therefore of teh state and to the danger of the Henry Five hundred dollars and therefore be his

The State of Missouri County of Saint Louis ss To the Sherriff of the County of Saint Louis Greeting

We Command you to summon Willliam Morrisson and John @ Swan that they be and appear before the judge of our Circuit Court at the next Jury term thereof to the held at the City of St. Louis withinand for the County of Saint Louis on the fourth monday of July next then and there to answer unto Henry Morrison a man of color of a plea of to the damage of the sand Henry morrison five hundred dollars and have you then there this writ

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk of our said Circuit Court at office this first day of May One thousand and Eight Hundred and Thirty four Archibald Gamble Clerk