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Judgt for plff
13 p 418
Trespass
Suit for freedom-
It is hereby ordered that
be allowed to sue as a poor person and
ordered that she have reasonable liberty to attend
her counsel & the court as occasion may require
that she be not removed out of the jurisdiction
of the
not subject to any severtiy on account
application for freedom as witness my hand this
Judge of the 8th
-souri
Executed this wirt, on the
We command you to
be found in your County. that they be and
appear
before the Judge of our
held at the
day of
(a colored woman) of a plea of Trespass
to the damage of said plaintiff
dollars: And have you then there this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand amd seal, at
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imprisonment
this suit complains by her attorneys of James
Daugherty alias E.
of a plea of trespaps
For that the defendants heretofore,
to wit, on the
of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty two
the county of
force and
tiff and then and there beat, bruised and ill-treated
her, and then and there imprisoned her and
kept her imprison without any reasonable
or probable cause whatever for a long space
of time to wit for the space of two days
then next following contrary to then laws of
the state of
of the plaintiff and other wrongs to the
said plaintiff then and there did
against the peace of the state of
plaintiff in the sum of one thousand
dollars
and the said plaintiff
committing of the
by the said
was and still is a free person and that
the said defendants held and still hold
her in slavery.
and the plaintiff avers that the true christain
name of the aforesaid
to the said plaintiff and the he passes by
the name of E.
Wherefore He brings suit by
her attorneys
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Respectfully and humbly represents
your petitioner,
about seven years ago the was taken from
the
the said
That the said
of Wisconsin by him the said
claiming to be her master and owner, for
the purpose of
Territory as a slave, and was then and
there sued and held by
and made to labor and serve as such for a
long space of time to wit for the space of
five years, he the said
time being a resident of the Territory of
place in the Territory of
petitioner resided with said
and
space of one year; that
left the said
wages for her labor; that subsequently she resided
with Judge
ted to be a
and that said Judge
that on the
1842
the said Judge
and
placed on board the steam boat New Brazil, was
taken to the City and
when she has since been under the control
and
orders of the said
Your petitioner further states that the
said
are in places in the
slavery is not allowed by the laws of the
free and not a slave, and not subject by the
laws of the
the said
ship of said
other persons, in any manner or form.
And further your petitioner respect
fully prays that she may have
an order of this Honorable court to sue
the said
of them, or any other person or persons
claiming to exercise ownership over her, to
establish her right to freedom, as a poor
person, and that counsel may be assigned
her. And further that the aforesaid
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petitioner may have reasonable liberty
to attend her Counsel and the Court as
occasion May require; that the be not
removed out of the jurisdiction of the court
and be not subject to any
account of her application for freedom.
And as in duty bound will
This day personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace within and
for the
the foregoing petitioner, and being
foregoing petitioner are true in
It is hereby ordered that
to sue as a poor person and
&
it is
liberty to attend her counsel & the court
in
not removed out of the
subject to any
hand
This day personally appeared before
me a Justice of the Peace,
and being duly sworn, on her oath says, that all
the facts and statements
petition are true in every particular; and said affiant
in addition to the foregoing, further states on her oath
that
believe that she the said petitioner is about to be
liberty of attending her Counsel & the Court that she is
about to be removed beyond the jurisdiction of the
freedom.
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Whereas one
before
Eighth Judicial Circuit by writ issued
under
entitled “an act to enable persons held
and one
before our said Judge & praying
that the hearing
tomorrow at nine
order that
claims to be the owner of said
he will enter
by said act, you are hereby com
manded to keep the
your custody untill tomorrow
her before our said Judge at
that hour at the Jail in the City
and county of
for which this shall be your
authority.
the city & county of
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The Judge of the Circuit
Court of our Eighth Judicial
Circuit being satisfied that
by our said Judge to sue for
her freedom is
out of the Juridiction of our said Judge's
courts, We do hereby command you
to seize the said
may be found and bring her before him
at the office of
in the city and county of
three O clock of the afternoon of this
day and to summon the person in
whose possession she may be found
and
and especially
said Judge at the same time and
&
As witness the
Judge at
A.D. 1842
In the matter
of the application
of
coloured woman
to sue for freedom
month=
In obedience to this writ I have shown
phy at the time and place as by this
writ I am commanded and have
Summoned Richmond S.Curle
by reading to him this writ
James Doug
in my County
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And was on this
in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred forty two
Judicial Circuit of the
appeared E.C.
Wm.
the
that
possession of said
man the petitioner for freedom and
her out to the best
time to time during the
the suit and
in the sum of seven hundred Dollars
and with
shall
shall during the
have reasonable liberty of attending
her counsel and the Court, that she
shall not be removed out of the
Jurisdiction of the St Louis County
and that she shall
to any severity
plication
and
shall be six months, or as
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Suit for freedom