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Dismissed Book 10 page 64
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unto your
kins that he entitled to his freedom, and is
now held in slavery by
of
from the following causes- That about
fourteen years
to the
slavery in said state of Illinouis about
one year when Philimron Haskins brought
your petitioner to
out at the mines where he remained about
Two years, that since that period your
petitioner has been hired out in and
about
until his death, which happened about
eight years ago- It being the wish of
known in the family, and it being under
stood, that your petitioner had a right
to his freedom from having been detained
in slavery in
of his old Master your petitioner demanded
his freedom, when it was agreed by
peitioner, that if your peitioner would
serve six years longer, in
he should name his freedom- your peitioner
States that he served out the six years
benefits of said Hire, and still
to set your petitioner free- And for as
much as your petitioner is entitled
to his freedom from
in involuntary servidtude in the state
of
an order, securing to him reasonable
liberty to attend his counsel and the Court
as occasion may require, and that
your petitioner be not removed out of
the jurisdiction of the Court
he be not subject to any
on account of his application for
freedom- and such the order as
your
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complains of
plea of
and false imprisonment for this, that
the said
day of august in the year of our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven
at the County aforesaid with force and
an assault and make, and then and there
beat
said plaintiff, and then and there in
prisoned
him in prison for a long time "to wit"
for the space of thirty days, then next following
without any reasonable or
cause whatsoever and holds and still detains him as a slave contrary to the laws
and authorities of this state, and against
the will of the said plaintiff
the said plaintiff in fact
and at the time of the committing of the said
several
a free person, and not
and that the defendant
held and still
plaintiff of five hundred dollars, therefore
he brings this suit :-
We commanded you to Summon
kins if he be found in your County that he be and
appear before the Judge of our
the first day of the next
be and appears before the Judge of our
for the
of
assault and Battery and false imprisonmnent
to the damage of said plaintiff of Five
hundred Dollars- and hand you then
there this wit.
Executed this wit on the
the
order & complaint to
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Upon due examination of
the above petition of
allowed to sue as a poor person, to establish
his right to freedom -- and further that
he have reasonable liberty to attend
his Counsel in the court as occasion
may require, and that he be not removed
out of the jursdiction of the Court and that
he be not subject to any severity on
account of his application for freedom
and
counsel to
James Haskins
vs
Petition
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You are hereby commanded to summon
and
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person
before the Judge of our
april
and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
Wherein
plaintiff and
defendent on the part of
and have you then and there this writ.
Excuted this writ in the county of
by reading it to the with in named witnesses
on the
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