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            <title>William Clark v. Louis Labeaume</title>
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            <date type="filing" when="1805-03-05">March 05, 1805</date>
            <date type="term" when="1805-03">March Term 1805</date>
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            <party role="plaintiff">Clark, William</party>
            <party role="defendant">Labeaume, Louis</party>
            <causeAction type="civil">Trespass</causeAction>
            <caseNo>34</caseNo>
            <court type="state">St. Louis County Court</court>  
            <clerk>Easton, Rufus</clerk> 
            <clerk>Freddick, Thomas</clerk> 
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            <attorney for="plaintiff">King</attorney>
            <attorney for="plaintiff">Radford, John</attorney>
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                           <orig>United States</orig>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Labeaume</orig>
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                        <placeName>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> damage of the said<lb/> 
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                        <orig>Charles</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Rufus</orig>
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                                 <orig>Easton</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Labeaume</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> case<lb/> $ 500</p>
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                           <persName>
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                                 <orig>Labeaume</orig>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                                 <orig>America</orig>
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                     <supplied> Fracois,</supplied>
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                     <supplied> Lacombe,</supplied>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Clarke</orig>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Labeaume</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> first, justice of once said</p>
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Court at the term of <placeName>
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                        <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                     <lb/> Dependance and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred<lb/> and five</date>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Saint Louis</orig>
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                  <date when="1805-06">June Term 1805</date>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>William</orig>
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                        <orig>Clarke</orig>
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                     <supplied> Sub,</supplied>
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                     <supplied> poe,</supplied>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied> na,</supplied>
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                     <choice>
                        
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> not to be found</p>
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                           <orig>S Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>United State</orig>
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                           <orig>America</orig>
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                           <orig>James</orig>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> Greeting</salute>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Charles</orig>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                  <lb/> aforesaid this twenty Seventh day of<lb/> in the <date when="1805">year of our Lord one<lb/> thousand eight hundred and<lb/> five</date> and of the independance<lb/> of the united States the thirtieth
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                           <orig>Thomas</orig>
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                  <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>S Louis</orig>
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                  <date when="1805-09">September Term 1805</date>
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                        <orig>William Clark</orig>
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                     <supplied> Sub,</supplied>
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                     <supplied> poe,</supplied>
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                     <supplied> na,</supplied>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> Sheriff</p>
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               <author role="attorney">Isaac</author>         
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                        <persName>
                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>Labeaume</orig>
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                  <abbr>ads</abbr>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>William</orig>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Isaac</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> his attorney Comes and defends the wrongd <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/>
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                        <persName>
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                              <orig>Labeaume</orig>
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