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vs
Petition for Freedom
leave to sue as poor person
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Plaintiff states that she is
entitled to
in the city of
and was born free; that the Defendant
in slavery
Honorable Court by a
the
person, and that this Court will make
an order on the said
that the Plaintiff have reasonable liberty
to attend her counsel and this Court as
occasion May require, that she the Plaintiff
be not removed out of the jurisdiction of
this Court, and that she the Plaintiff be
not subject to any severity on account,
of this her application for Freedom:
and that this Honorable Court will grant
unto
as unto the Court may seem right and proper
John
makes Oath and says that the matters
and things contained in the above petition
as therein stated he believes to be true
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Petition for Freedom,
Now comes the plaintiff by
her attorneys and files a petition
for freedom, and the Court be
ing of opinion that the said petition contains sufficient
matter to authorize the commencement of a suit doth
order that the said petitioner be allowed to sue as a poor
persons and that she have reasonable liberty to attend her
counsel and the Court as occasion may require and that
she be not removed out of the jurisdiction of this Court,
and be not subjected to any severity on account of her
application for freedom.
State of
County
S.S.
I,
within and
for the County aforesaid certify the foregoing to be a true
and correct copy of the order in the above entitled cause
as fully as the same remains of accord in my office.
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Feby
leave to file and pet 31 p 59.
cause contd 31p 386.
Excuted this writ in the
delivering a copy thereof and of the Petition
as furnished by the Clerk to
We command you to summon
to appear
before the Judge of our
held in the
complaint of
as set forth in the annexed petition: and have you then there and this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the case of
Witness my hand and seal, at
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Julia Shaw
vs
Answer of
defendant.
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Defendant for
follows. He
to her freedom. He
was born free. He admits that plaintiff
was born in the
states and
time of her birth owned the mother
of plaintiff as his slave, and that
said plaintiff was born while his
mother was the slave of defendant
that he
free and that the said plaintiff now
is and has always been a slave.
He states that the mother of plaintiff
years ago and
said plaintiff was dead, and so
state he caused her to be
as his slave and
safe keeping and which in jail tha plain
tiff obtained leave to bring this suit- Defendant
being sworn states that the foregoing
answer and the matter therein as
stated he believes to be true.
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v
&
Julia Ann Shaw
vs
Same
Affidavit for a
to
cases.
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John
of the plaintiff, being duly sworn, on his
oath says, that Oliver
merchant, and a resident, as this affiant is
informed & believes, of the City of
State of
of that place for the last year &
is a material witness for the plaintiff in the
trial of each of the above
that he has not been in this state since
the institution of said suits that
within the last week, it has been described
that said Bennett is a material witness
in said
witness is in attendance, or within the
of the
the plaintiff can safely
the particular facts that the absent witness
is expected to prove; that the said
agent of each of the plaintiffs believes that
plaintiff cannot safely go to trial without
the testimony of such absent witness; that
he is not absent by the
of the plaintiff: that there has not been
time to procure the deposition of said witness
since his
plication is not made for
but in
justice: that if these causes are
to
deposition. He therefore prays, that the Court will
said
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No. 457
vs
A.
Service of
admitted.
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And now
the above named defendant, and,
by leave of the Court here first had,
files this his
to the petition of the plaintiff
states that he
is entitled to her freedom. Defen
dant admits that said plaintiff
was born in the City of
but denies that said plaintiff
was hour for and that the
defendant unlawfully holds her
Defendant for further
answer
defendant at the time of the
as his slave; that some
ago the said mother of the
plaintiff removed said plaintiff,
or caused said plaintiff to be re
sented to defendant that plaintiff
was dead; that so soon as the
return of plaintiff to this state came
to the
defendant caused her to be
and lodged in jail
as his slave and soon thereafter,
that is to say on or about the Ninth
day of
and
slave to me Alexander Williams
and that plaintiff is now the
property of said Williams.
named as defendant makes
oath and says that the afore
going Answer and the matters
therein, as stated, he