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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.
The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
Your petitioner
to
of the court written
that
in the state of
and
day there
as a
prays that she may be
as
to
and
above
jurisdiction of this court by
The
for the purpose of
statute in such cases made & provided
&
have reasonable liberty of attending her
counsel
may require - that she be not subjected
to any severity on account of her
for freedom
to
vs
This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.
The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
woman of
of the court complains of
of a plea of trespass for that the said
May in the year 1832
upon the said
county of st Louis and then and there
beat
the said
or
and the said
and at the time of the
above
free
and
and other
then and there did against the
of the plaintiff $ 500 and therefore she
We command you to Summon
appear before the Judge of our
next July term thereof to be held at the city of
for the
This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.
The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
next then and there to answer unto
sues by permission of the court of a plea of trespass to the damage of the
plaintiff five hundred dollars and have you then there this writ
The
right to freedom. The Clerk of the
agreeably to the statute in such cases made &
that said
whenever occasion may require that she be not subjected to any severity on
account of her application for freedom nor be removed out of the jurisdiction
of the court - Given under my hand at my chamber this
A True copy of the order of the judge
of Color
vs
This is an
assault and
false
His