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            <justiceOfPeace>Guyol, Francis M.</justiceOfPeace>
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            <sheriff>Brown, Joseph C.</sheriff>
            <sheriff type="deputy">Brown, Edmund J.</sheriff>
            <sheriff type="deputy">McGirk, Isaac C.</sheriff>
            <sheriff type="deputy">Walker, John K.</sheriff>
            <deponent>Curtis, C.</deponent>
            <deponent>Backus, John</deponent>
            <deponent>Perkins, Joseph</deponent>
            <deponent>Simonds, John Jr.</deponent>
            <deponent>Pitcher, Joshua</deponent>
            <deponent>Hempstead, Thomas</deponent>
            <deponent>Ramsey, James</deponent>
            <deponent>Immell, Michael M.</deponent>
            <deponent>Warner, Jabez</deponent>
            <deponent>Denil, Francis</deponent>
            <deponent>Denil, Pascal</deponent>
            <deponent>Labarge, Joseph</deponent>
            <deponent>Beck, Abraham</deponent>
            <deponent>O'Neil, Hugh</deponent>
            <deponent>Connor, Jeremiah</deponent>
            <deponent>Halderman, Peter</deponent>
            <deponent>Davis, Masey</deponent>
            <deponent>Woodland, Samuel</deponent>
            <deponent>Wall, Robert</deponent>
            <deponent>Kincaid, Peter</deponent>
            <deponent>Borden, W. F. S.</deponent>
            <deponent>Willard, Samuel</deponent>
            <deponent>Kennedy, James</deponent>
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                        <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                        <orig>United States</orig>
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                        <orig>Samuel</orig>
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               <p>at law as is within expand and contained —</p>
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               <p>Personally appeared before us <persName>
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                        <orig>P. Walsh</orig>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> J.</signed>
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               <p>Habeas Corpus<lb/> for <persName>
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                        <orig>James</orig>
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                        <orig>James</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>County of St Louis</orig>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                  <salute>to the keeper of the jail of the <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of</orig>
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                     </placeName>
                     <lb/> 
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                     <lb/> Greeting</salute>
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               <p>We Francis M. Guyol and <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>P. Walsh</orig>
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                  </persName> two justices of the<lb/> peace, in and for the County and township aforesaid —<lb/> command you, that the body of <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>James</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>A</orig>
                        </choice>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Watt</orig>
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                     <supplied>under</supplied>
                  </unclear> your <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>cus</supplied>
                  </unclear> tody, as it is said<lb/> detained under safe and <unclear rend="written" unit="chars">
                     <supplied>secure</supplied>
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                        <orig>James</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>A</orig>
                        </choice>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Watt</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>P. Walsh</orig>
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                  </persName>, in the town of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <supplied>J</supplied>
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                        <supplied>
                           <persName>
                              <choice>
                                 
                                 <orig>P. Walsh</orig>
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                     <unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> 
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                  <dateline>State Of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                  <salute>To the Sheriff of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>St. Louis</orig>
                        </choice>
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                     <persName>
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                           <orig>John Simonds</orig>
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                           <orig>Curtis</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>John Backus</orig>
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               <p>that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay <seg rend="form-fill-in">they</seg> be and appear in proper person before the Judge of our circuit<lb/> court <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars">on the</unclear> 
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                  <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars">day of</unclear> at the town of <placeName>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>State</orig>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <placeName>
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                           <orig>of Missouri</orig>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>James Watt</orig>
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Witness, <persName>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. L</orig>
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                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
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                        <orig>James Watt</orig>
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                                 <orig>Jos</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Perkins</orig>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>John Simonds Jr</orig>
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                     </persName>.<lb/> C. <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Curtis</orig>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>John Backus</orig>
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                        <orig>Joseph Perkins</orig>
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                        <orig>Curtis</orig>
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                        <orig>John</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Backus</orig>
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                           <persName>
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                                 <orig>Isaac</orig>
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                           <orig>McGirk</orig>
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                  <dateline>State Of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>,<lb/> 
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Joshua Pilcher</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Thomas Hempstead</orig>
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                     <lb/> J. Ramsey Michael M. Immell </seg>
                  <lb/> that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay <seg rend="form-fill-in">they</seg> be and appear in proper person before the Judge of our circuit<lb/> court <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars">on the</unclear> 
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                  <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars">day of</unclear> at the town of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>State</orig>
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>of Missouri</orig>
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                           <orig>James Watt</orig>
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Witness, <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>St. L</orig>
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               <p>Served this writ.<lb/> On <persName>
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                        <orig>James Ramsey</orig>
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                  <persName>
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                        <orig>Thomas</orig>
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                           <orig>John K. Walker</orig>
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                     <lb/> Dshff</signed>
Service 66
<unclear rend="written" unit="chars"/> ests 1.00
travel 6
$ 1.72
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               <p>The <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                  <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>James Watt</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Joshua Pilcher</orig>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Thomas Hempstead</orig>
                        </choice>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>James Ramsey</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName>
                     <lb/> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Michael</orig>
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                  <dateline>State Of <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </placeName>,<lb/> 
                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                  <salute>To the Sheriff of <seg rend="form-fill-in">
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Warner</orig>
                        </choice>
                     </persName> Francis Denil<lb/> 
                     <persName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Pascal Denil</orig>
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                        <orig>Circuit</orig>
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                        <orig>Court</orig>
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                  <unclear rend="strikethrough" unit="chars">day of</unclear> at the town of <placeName>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>State</orig>
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                     <placeName>
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                           <orig>of Missouri</orig>
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                           <orig>James</orig>
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                                 <orig>Watt</orig>
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Witness, <persName>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                        <orig>James Ramsey</orig>
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                  <dateline>State Of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <placeName>
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                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Circuit</orig>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Court</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>State</orig>
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                     <lb/> 
                     <placeName>
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                           <orig>of Missouri</orig>
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Witness, <persName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                  </persName>, Clerk of our said circuit court, at<lb/> the town of <placeName>
                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                     <seg rend="form-fill-in">21st</seg> day of <seg rend="form-fill-in">Novr</seg> in the<lb/> year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred <seg rend="form-fill-in">&amp; twenty</seg>
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                     <choice>
                        
                        <orig>St. L</orig>
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                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
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                  <dateline>State Of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                     <persName>
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                           <orig>John</orig>
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                           <orig>John Backus</orig>
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                        <orig>Court</orig>
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                           <orig>State</orig>
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                           <orig>James Watt</orig>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>St. L</orig>
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                        <orig>Jr</orig>
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                        <orig>John Backus</orig>
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                  <dateline>State Of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                           <choice>
                              
                              <orig>St Louis</orig>
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                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>Pascal Denil</orig>
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                        <orig>Circuit</orig>
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                        <orig>Court</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>State</orig>
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                           <orig>of Missouri</orig>
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                           <orig>James Watt</orig>
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Witness, <persName>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>St. L</orig>
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                        <orig>State of Missouri</orig>
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                  <abbr>vs</abbr>
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                        <orig>Pascal Denil</orig>
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                  <lb/> of the charge<lb/> of court</p>
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                        <orig>John K.Walker</orig>
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                  <dateline>State Of <placeName>
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                           <orig>Missouri</orig>
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                     <placeName>
                        <choice>
                           
                           <orig>County of St. Louis</orig>
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                           <orig>Hugh</orig>
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                           <orig>Connor</orig>
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                           <orig>Peter</orig>
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                        <orig>Circuit</orig>
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                  <orgName>
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                           <orig>Robert Watt</orig>
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                           <orig>Peter</orig>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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                        <orig>St. Louis</orig>
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                        <orig>Archibald Gamble</orig>
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