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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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The petition of
nineteen years, respectfully shows to your honor, that she
was born in the state of North
until her death which occurred in DeSoto county in
about four years ago:- petition has been informed and believes
that the said
until her death which occurred in
about four years ago:- petitioner has been informed and believes
that the said
ordered that your petitioner when she should arrive at
the age of twenty one should be entitled to the freedom - petitioner
further states that after the death of Mrs
she was the property of or claimed by
month of
this petitioner to the state of
house of
a relation of this petitioned - that after remaining in the
County of St. Clair in the
the said
county of St. Clair to the County of
with the said
declaring
giving her freedom papers- that while your petitioner was so
residing in the said County of
One Benjamin Dill
the son in law of said
in the state of
sick, which your petitioner consented to do, as she felt and
continues to feel a strong affection for the wife of said Dill, daughter
of said
That afterward the said
that sometime in the month of October, that said Dill & his
wife left the
petitioner to one Lyman B Shaw, as she has been
informed and believes, who on the
April eighteen hundred and forty two
petitioner to one
in his
in your
further states that the said
take you petitioner out of the
down the
her as a slave, by the first boat descending said river.
Under these state of facts your petitioner is informed and
believes that she is entitled to her freedom, and she
humbly prays your honor for
for her freedom, in the name of
friend against said
order your petitioner to be bought up before your honor
by warrant as is provided for by law, and that your
honor will make sent further orders herein as the
law provides and such as the proper
your petitioners rights may require - and she will pray etc
Sophia Evans being duly sworn
says that the matters and things set forth in the forgoing
petition of
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The undersigned Judge of the
being satisfied that the petition of
to authorize the commencement of a suit, do make the following orders.
First that the said
be allowed to see as a poor person to establish
her right to freedom & assign
Second. That the said
liberty to attend her counsel and the Court as
occasion may require; that she be not
of the Court, and that she be not subject to
any severity on account of her application
for freedom.
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by her attorneys King & Murdoch sues by her next friend
of
For that the Defendant on
the
year Eighteen hundred forty
two
plaintiff an
there did strike bruise wound & otherwise
ill treat & her than and there did imprison
and so detained her in imprisonment
for a long time to
day and year last aforesaid until
this day, contrary to the statutes in
such case made and provided and
against the peace and dignity of the
avers that before and at the time
of the committing of the grievances aforesaid
she was and still is a free person
and that the said defendant
held and still holds her in slavery
therefore she brings suit
Declaration
in false imprisonment
Suit for freedom
The Clerk will find
Saml. in this entitled cause
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We command you to
be found in your county, that he be and
appear
before the Judge of our
held at the
of
woman of color) who sues by her next friend
order to Shff to hire petitioner rescinded & suit dismissed Bk 13 p 227
Suit for freedom
King & Murdoch
It is ordered - first _ That the said
a woman of color be allowed to sue as a poor
person to establish her right to freedom & assign
Messrs King & Murdoch, as her attorneys
Second __ That the said
to attend her counsel and the court as
occasion may require, that she be not removed
out of the jurisdiction of the court
and that she be not subject to any severity
on account of her application for freedom.
of the
the
Executed this writ, on the
1842,
it and the annexed declaration to
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It appearing to
the Judge of our
for the Eighth Judicial
of Color who hath been allowed
by the order of our said
Judge to sue as a poor person
to establish her right to freedom
is about to be removed out of the
Jurisdiction of our said Court
You are hereby Commanded to
seize the said
may be found and bring her before
our said Judge at the Goal in
the city & county of
o'clock A.
M. of tomorrow the
the year of our Lord One thousand
Eight hundred and forty two
summon any person in whose
possession she may be found and
especially one
to appear before our said Judge
at the same time &
witness the hand of our said
Judge at
of
of April in the year
Warrants.
Executed this with in the county of
On the
the said
the Hon
said
as commanded in this writ
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In as much as
color named in the writ hereto annexed
has been by you brought before me
Circuit this
in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight
hundred and forty two
and
said
you summoned to appear before me at
said place aforesaid on this day at nine
O' clock A.
M. and in as much as said
and
and there
they might come forward and enter into
the recognizance as required by the seventh
section of the act entitled "an act to enable
"persons held in slavery to sue for their
"freedom",
such recognizance, it is hereby ordered
that you do take possession of the petitioner
and hire her out to the best advantage from
time to time during the pendency of the
suit, the term to be six months, or
action is determined, and
the hirer payable to the
in the penalty of six hundred Dollars
with security to be by you approved, conditioned,
that the petitioner shall during the pendency
of the suit have reasonable liberty
Court, that she shall not be removed
out of the jurisdiction of the Court, when
the suit is
she shall not be subjected to any
severity on account of her application
for freedom - For all of which this shall
be your authority, as witness my
hand at
& county of
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And now at this day come the attorneys
for the plaintiffs and defendants in the above written
causes and represent to the Court that the said
said several causes have been arranged and settled
between the said several parties in interest and a
transfer and consequences by the defendants in interest
in the said several causes to Christy Evans of all there
right and title to the said several Plaintiff Vica,
Thadeus Alonzo, and
therefore the Court, on motions of the plaintiffs attorney,
rescinds
the
that said sheriff discharge from his custody and
keeping the said
said
by said Court on motion of Plaintiffs attorney that the
said several causes be dismissed.