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by a
for the
by
has seen her the said
Slave and
and
County
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The
to any
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We command
be and appear before our Judges
be held in
of September next, then and there in our said court before our
hundred
this writ
Executed this writ by reading
to the defendant in the town
of
Battery
False
$500
This is
plaintiff for the recovery
her freedom &
being deprived of the
$8.95
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The Petition of
under the age of twenty one years by
a free black woman, her mother
and next friend, humbly
That your
a
the said
in the year eighteen hundred and fifteen, and
that she was detained by and resided with the
and upwards when she was again
by the said
the said
by him detained as a slave - by reason
whereof, your
Your
may be permitted to
your honorable court by her said mother and
next friend
by law in such cases is provided
And your petitioner as is duty
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We command You that You
our
of
said court
imprisonment
Damages
$500
& Battery & false
recover the freedom of the
The deponent
found in this county
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And the said
and as to the
in the declaration of the said
mentioned, says that the said
maintaining her action thereof against
him, because he says, that the said
thousand eight hundred and eighteen
and from
that the said
a
is above
is
And the said
of any thing in the said plea of the
above
he
her action aforesaid thereof against
said
defendant in
and this she
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a free black woman
here to
within the age of twenty one years, as the next friend
of the said
of a plea of
For that the said
in the year of our
made an
at the county of
and within the
& there beat
and then
and kept & detained her in
next following, without any reasonable or proba-
ble
cause against the
contrary to the laws & customs of the territory of
and
did against the peace of the
and to the damage of the said
hundred dollars & therefore
asst & batty
false imprisonment
This action is brought for the
purpose of establishing the free-
dom of the plaintiff held
her
deft
The clerk
summons together
of the order of court to be
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You are summoned that all excuses and delays being set aside you
of our territory aforesaid at our said superior court
to be held in and for the northern circuit at the town of
on the
of the
then and there to be tried, and wherein
said court without the leave thereof-and of this fail not at your peril and our sheriff of our coun-
ty of
and certify to our said court how he executes the same.
Served this writ on M. P. Lideer in the
Town of
29th
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You are summoned that all excuses and delays being set aside you
you
of our territory aforesaid at our said superior court
to be held in and for the northern circuit at the town of
on the
of the
then and there to be tried, and wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of the said
said court without the leave thereof-and of this fail not at your peril and our sheriff of our coun-
ty of
and certify to our said court how he executes the same.
the Town of
county
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You are summoned that all excuses and delays being set aside you
you
tory aforesaid at our said superior court
to be held in and for the northern circuit at the town of
to testify and the truth to tell in a certain case then and there to be tried, and wherein
a free
until duly discharged by the court, and not depart the said court without the leave thereof-and
of this fail not at your peril, and our sheriff of our county of
executes the same.
April 1820
county whom
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in
entitled
Farmer clerk
Circuit, have made out a complete Transcript of the minutes & proceedings had in
a
of color
figures following
mother, and on
that an action of
the said
to have a
be taken
to any Severity on account of her application
with
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The defendant by his attorney move the Court
to set aside the verdict
grant a new trial, because the jury found their ver-
dict for the plaintiff without any other proof of
her liberty, but that she was kept in the late
Territory of
the person under whom the defendant claims title
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You are hereby commanded to summon
Margaret Tibeau
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
circuit court, on the
there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
and
Tibeau
in my county
May 1821
for
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You are hereby commanded to summon
circuit court, on the
there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
and
of the
Served
in
in my county
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You are hereby commanded to summon
circuit court,
there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
and
of the
of the
for
Served this
a copy hereof at his
residence in
informing her of the
contents thereof who is over
appears of record on
countenance
1821
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You are hereby commanded to summon
circuit court, on the
there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
and
of the
on
on the
by reading it to
him in the
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You are hereby commanded to
and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
woman of
and
the
on
and
on the
1821
it to them both
in the
of
for