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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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a free man
This is an action of
and false
Damages
of
the
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colour
on the first day of
hundred and twenty nine with
and there beat
the said
to
next following,
this state and against the
said
and hath sustained damage to the
amount of
therefore he brings
We command you to summon
that they he and appear before the Judge of our
the next term thereof to
for the
and there to
Plea of
damage to the amount of Five Hundred dollars and have you
then there this writ
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The petition of
be cause he is entitled to his freedom.
The said
to his freedom because he was by his
George County
according to the
of
that he may be
poor person.
agent for the Plaintiff
Personally appeared before the
tice of the peace of St. Louis County the above
oath says that the faith stated in the
petition
The within
to
and John D Coulter is asigned as his
the
It is also ordered that the said petitioner
reasonable liberty to attend his counsel and the
Court, when
shall not be
Court,
his application for freedom.
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And the said
the force and
are not
above
manner as the
above complained against them, and of this
they put
And for a
said
banned
them
the said
complained of, are alleged
by the said defendants, the said plaintiff
and still is a
plaintiff, at the said time when
is above supposed, and
upon the Country.
Book 6
damages 1 cent Book 6 page 32
1st plea Not Guilty
2 plea palintiff is
1. not
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We, reposing special trust and confidence in your integrity and circumspection, do require and command you that you
cause to come before you such person or persons as shall be named to you by
Honey
their knowledge of any thing that may relate to a certain matter of controversy, now pending in our
county of
so taken by you as aforesaid into writing, you are required to send the same, together with this commision enclosed under your
seal, to our said circuit court, with all convenient speed.
On motion of the Attorny
for the said plantiff it is ruled that a
Judge or Justice of the peace of the State of
to take the depostions of witness to be
in the trail of the above cause on the part of the
said plantiff
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of
year
age. That this
difference with the said
shell at and cut the said Ni
cholas
on the
of the
made oath
true
I hereby
Gentleman who appears to have taken and signed
the aforegoing deposition
doing
peace
Commissioned and
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whom the
God
in the year
five dollars to
fraying expenses
ing
manded by a certain
This deponent
has a perfect
at the time afore said about 14 or
15 years of
the month of
had a
which this deponent
that the said
and
the said
of
That this deponent always
and
dom.
I herby Certify that
Gentlmen who appears to have taken
the aforegoing
doing one of the State of,
Peace in and for
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Grace
of almighty God that
Geroge County with state
in the
thousand eight hundred and
said
said
the said
called
Tyler maintained him or upon what
was given
said
I hereby Certify that
Gentleman who appears to have taken and signed the
aforegoing deposition was at the time of
one of the state of Maryland’s Justices of the Peace
in and for
ioned
filed