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Petition of
Alias
vs
Barthold
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The petition of
a free man of Color, humbly
petitioner was born in
Parents, and that sometime in the year
and fifteen
your petitioner since his infancy sold him to
and retained at his house
three months and afterwards said
petitioner, on board of a boat, bound for New
was absent from
on said voyage, and That upon his return he was
again retained by said
some two or three months, when he was sent to
and
in bondage as a Slave, Contrary to the laws
of this land, In tender consideration whereof
your petitioner humbly prays your honor to be
permitted to institute suit in the
for his freedom, and that he may be permitted
to sue as a poor person, and that your honor
would make such other and farther order in
this behalf as shall be deemed
honor and your petitioner will
Upon view of the within petition it is hereby
ordered that said
to
signed him as
And it is further ordered, that said petition
& have reasonable liberty to attend his
and the court when
that said petitioner shall not be taken or
out of the Jurisdiction of the Court nor
to any severity because of his application for free
dom.
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Francais
a free man of
by his attorney complains of
style
of trespass
heretofore,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty seven,
ill treat him said
imprisoned him said
detained him said
keeps and detained him in prison without any
reasonable or just
the laws of this State, and the said defendant
other wrongs then and there did to him said
wherefore said
defendants and hath sustained damages to the
amount of seven hundred dollars and therefore
he
The command you to sommon
before the Judge of our Cricuit Court at the next term thereof to be held at
the
Monday of March instant then and there to answer to
-
the said
this writ
vs
And it is further
have reasonable liberty to attend his counsel and
the Court when occasion may
petitioner shall not be taken or removed out of the
jurisdiction of the law
severity because of his application for freedom.
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Executed this writ on
the city of
decleration & order, at his place of abode with his wife, a free white
person above the age of fifteen years and a member of the family
and on
Copy of the writ decleration and Order at his usual place of abode
in the city of
the being a free white person above the age of fifteen years.
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and the said
by
the force and injury when &c and
says that he is
assault
sonment in
in manner and form as the plaintiff
him and of this he puts himself upon
the country &c
And the said
force and injury when &c, and says
that he is
in the declaration complained of
in manner & form as the plaintiff
may be inquired of by the
And the said
comes & defends the force & injury when and so
supposed trespass & imprisonment in the
declaration mentioned in manner &
as the plaintiff
against him & of this he
the county
vs
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Take notice that on Monday the
16th, instant between the hours of six a clock in the
forenoon & eight a clock in the afternoon
office of
nois, I shall
to the
of the defendant.
vs.
P.
of the
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In
the Hours of
afternoon in the office of
attorney of the
that of
to be
pending with Circuit Court of the Country of
in which
and
colour man
Pierre Chouteu
Notice of
to Pierre Choutau Jr. on the
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You are hereby commanded to Summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
in our said court, wherein
defendant, on the part of the
alias Isadors
vs
P
for
for Plaintiff
Executed this writ on Pascal L. Cerré
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nine in the afternoon and five in the afternoon of said
days at the office of
of the named
of
of
is plantiff
vs
Served a copy of the within notice on
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will take notice that on the
twenty third days respectively of November
the hours of eight of the forenoon and six of the
afternoon of said days at the office of the clerk
of the circuit court of the county of
of
to be read in my behalf at the
above cause
A copy of the within notice was delivered to Luke
vs
Notice to be served
on
& Shother —
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy, now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
F Lagrange alias
vs
P.
for my
x
x & wife
Executed this writ
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
Execution this writ on Pascal
alias
vs
P Chonteau Jr.
for
for plaintiff
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You are hereby commanded to summon
Berthold
that, setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our
said Court, wherein
and
on the part of the
vs
x
x Bart Berthold 17
for defendant
Executed this writ on B Berthola
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County to
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Be it
joined in said cause the plaintiff by his wit
nesses proved as follows to wit by the witness
he proved that said said
owner of the plaintiff who was slave of said
said
said slave that said
said slave to said
wished to sell him to some person who would take
said slave away from,
of the state of Illonois and
state
to
sum of five hundred dollars which was paid to
by said
slave By the
proved that the said
of
said
slave want said slave for his own use and was
well aware that he
in slavery in the state of
and said
to be delevered to said
for said plaintiff that shortly after the sale said
the negro to him
agreed between them that
at this term for the
the slave from
from
remove the slave from
do when he bought the said slave from
that shortly after the purchase of said plantiff said
to the
said
for the purpose of sending him as a hand on board
of a
removed about two days at the Kas Kas Kis and was
the
said plaintiff returned in same
about the last of
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plaintiff for saint Louis in said
Kia to the
about three weeks and then returned to Kas Kas Kia
and was from there immediately sent to
and delivered up to said
plaintiff to said
the month of
on his behalf read in
to
is in the
& (here set out Deposition as read) and
following
further
Counsel for the plantiff moved the court
said plantiff
alias
Bill of Exceptions
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wit at the of might seen that he was - that some
time in the year
to purchase a negro man (the plaintiff) which he said
he could not purchase as he
the state of
rated. Some time afterwards
purchase a slave he informed him that
one for sale - to which
would not sell him the slave because he was desi
rous to sell
Berthold that he
for
as it would not be treating his
correctly. He however
said slave for
down the river and keep him there some
months (perhaps five or six) and there deliver
him to the defendant, that he accordingly
bought the slave paid said
to work at
hands - that sometime afterwards he sent
from said
part on board
remaining there about two days went to New
to
for the purpose of unloading the boat, that he
was there sent in the
County and after remaining there five or six
weeks returned on the
he was sent to
where
that he bought the slave for defendant and
not for himself. The
said the slave to him - He also stated
he never bought him with any
of keeping him or making
place of residence-
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The
followers
1 that of this the jury shall
who
that this
refused
2 That the
is with
standing
3 That is the
plaintiff from
of the state
a
4 that of the Jury shall be of
was said by
and
the sent and is
refused, because no
they believed the plaintiff was
by Col
to
place of residence, they ought to