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man of colour by
& Battery & false impresenment for that heretofor
grace eighteen hundred & thirty one
County the said Defendant
make upon the body of him the said plaintiff
and him the
the said plaintiff did then & there imprison the
any reasonable
kept & detained the said plaintiff in prison there as
aforesaid
day last aforesaid By means of
plaintiff has
affares
money which he other
other wrongs to the said plaintiff then & there
aginst the
plaintiff
Damage to five hundred Dollars & therefore
We Command you to Summon
of july instant then and there to answer unto
& false improsonment to the damage of the said plaintiff of five hundred
dollars and have you then there this writ
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Battery & false improsement
Damages $ 500 the clerk
Served this writ on
on the
reading it & the declaration to him
in the City
not found in my county
1833
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And the said
he is not gulty of the wrongs
charge, in manner form as the plaintiff has
above complained against him, and of this he
puts himself upon the County.
And for a further plea in this behalf the
said defendant says that the said plaintiff ought
not to maintain his aforesaid action
he says that at the time of the commencement
of this writ the said plaintiff was & still is a
to writ at the county aforesaid and this he is ready
to verify where for he prays judgement
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1 not
2 plff a slave
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and the said plaintiff by
his attorney comes and
not to be
or
said defendant by reason of any thing
by the defendant in his second plea alledged
because he says that he was not at the
as an said plea alleged & of this he puts
himself upon the County
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sub-
appeal 210
Fee bill 85
Defts 2nd plea
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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
the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
part of
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for
Executed this writ on
&
in the county of
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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
at the
the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
part of the
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for
Executed this writ on
in the city of
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We Command you to attach
by
the Judge of our
certain matter of controversy, now pending in our said
is
defendant wherein the said
heretofore been summoned on the part of the said
34
20
74
18 3/4
92 3/4
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for
attachment
in suit
Excuted this writ & have the body
of
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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
the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
part of the
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for
Jn.
Defendant
Executed this writ on John
in the city of
of April 1834
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You are hereby commanded to summon
John
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be and appear in proper person
before the Judge of our
at the city of
the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
part of
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for
Served this writ on all the within
named persons
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and now come the partus
their respective attorneys & neither party
requring a jury the cause is submitted to the court to
find the facts & determine the law ordering there
and the court
the facts to him as follows - That in
the plaintiff under the statute brought this suit for
freedom against
order of this court the plaintiff was hired out
during the
time in
following is a copy here copy the order upon the
sheriff requring him to
or
order of said court & that there upon said
sheriff did
The court finds that said
& detained said
as the slave of said
sum of one hundred dollars
The court finds that in the spring of
that said
at seventy
amounted to fifty Dollars which sum was
to said
said
aforesaid Judgment was rendered by said court
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at the
was a free
said
through or under him. These facts in the
court are not sufficient to
& maintain his suit and from then the court
finds that the defendant is not
& form as the plaintiff has in his declaration
alleged. Therefore it is considered
special
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says he has
of the
made for the purpose of
is
he has
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applicant for
appeal filed