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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
The petition of
by
is
Your petitioner states that in
& her children settled in the state of
& that said
on her
her your petitioners & her mother claiming & holding
them as slaves & having
state of
kept her mother & her in the state of
of
of December
time the said
petitioner & her mother as her slaves & kept your
Petitioners mother at labor as such slave in her family
your petitioner states that after it became a talk that
your petitioner & her mother were
of
your petitioners mother & your petitioner to be taken to
states that after she & her mother had been hired
for about nine months in
again taken back to
by said
slaves for about
to
your petitioner prays that she may be permitted to
as a poor person to establish her freedom that
counsel may be assigned to her & that such
requires & the
Petition of
&
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.
by
& Battery & false imprisonment for that
force & arms an
said plaintiff & her the said plaintiff did
then & there beat
the said plaintiff did then imprison there
& kept & detained her in prison there for a
long space of time to
last aforesaid & other wrongs to the said
plaintiff then & there did against the peace
& dignity of the state and said plaintiff
the said several
is a free person & the defendants held &
detained & still do hold & detain her in
plaintiff says she is greatly injured & hath
sustained Damage to three hundred Dollars
therefore she
I am
the
Served this writ
on the
declaration to him and on
on the
my County
her
vs
This is an action for
a
false imprisonment
Sum $ 300
The clerk
We command you to summon
that they be and appear before the
Circuit court at the next term thereof to be held
at the city of
of
Then and there to answer into
under twenty one years who
next friend of a plea of
and false
said plaintiff of three hundred dollars
And have you then there this writ.