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called
Battery & false imprisonment for that
October in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred & twenty four
county the said defendant with
& arms an
the same plaintiff and did then & there
find her hands & her
lawful or probable cause
said plaintiff to
he the said said defendant then
and there
to be a
ours that
day of December in the year
at
the
as a slave and the plaintiff ours that
of own
five
by said defendant and other
touch
And said plaintiff ours that for
the first day of
eighteen hundred & thirty five
the
carring and
many touch the sum of eleven hundred
dollars which sum she said plaintiff
&
several
is greatly
plaintiff in the aforesaid Declaration
mentioned on her oath says that she has
a
against Reddin
stated in the
further says that said
as she
year
in the right time sayed this
rape around her
her of
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the hands &
he these
aforesaid for
then put
her taken to
as a slave and said
all this time that
This
the
of march 1836
the Judgement of the supreme
state of
is healthy and has always
a
for freedom in
belives that she could have earned
at the rate of one hundred Dollars a
the state of
and
This
she may recover in sand sent
said Defendant shall he
on the foregoing affidavit a
in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
we ommand you to take Ridden B. Herring if he be found in your County, so that
you have his body before our Honorable Circuit court, on the first day of the next term
thereof, to begun and held at the City of
on the second Monday of November next, then and there to answer unto
the said plaintiff saith she has sustained damage to the amount of five thousand
dollars and have you then there this writ.
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Executed this writ on the 17th day of
it and the declaration to the within named
which was on the same day discharged
from my custody by his giving bond
and security as Required by law which
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[Common
Know All Men By The Presents, That we
as principal, and
in the sum of
the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we do hereby bind ourselves, our
heirs and our representatives, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with
our seals and dated this
The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas
said
hath been arrested by the Sheriff of St. Louis County, upon a writ of capias, returnable
to the term of the
next, in the city of
to answer unto the said
in a plea of
and false imprisonment
to the damage of
Now if no judgment shall be given against
in said suit, or if judgment be given against said
in said suit, and
execution thereof, or the said
securit
otherwise it shall remain in force.
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And the
has
of the premises in
plaintiff
alleged and of this the defendants
feets himself upon the county
and for
says that the plaintiff
he says that the said
of
not nor did
two-years next before the commencement of
this
to
of the plaintiff ought to have a
her aforesaid
Pleas
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And said plaintiff for
of said defendant says she ought not
to
her said
by him in that
says that immedately after the said
defendant took and
in her declaration is
to the state of
her as a slave, where she was held in slavery
untill the than two years
during the time she was held in slavery as
aforesaid the defendant was not at
the plaintiff
the means aforesaid did
against him during all the time she was
held in slavery as aforesaid & this she as
ready to
she was
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You are hereby commanded, to summon
Christian F
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
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
and have you then and there this writ.
Served this writ by Reading it
Christian F
March 1837
For plaintiff
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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 city of
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plantiff and
defendant on the part of
and have you then and there this writ.
Served this writ on
26th day of June 1837
of
in my county
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You are hereby commanded, to summon
C.
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
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
and have you then and there this writ.
Served this writ by reading it to
on the 4th and on
a true Copy Thereof at their dwelling house,
with a white member of their family over
the age of fifteen years, on
1837
found in my county
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And the said defendant
as to the said
to the record
that by
have or
because he says that he did not
before the
hold the said plaintiff is slavery nor
any of the means in the
hall in her said
and this the
defendant prays may
he
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You are hereby commanded, to summon
before the Judge of our
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
and have you then and there this writ.
not executed, the
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You are hereby commanded, to summon
Jas. Loper, C
before the Judge of our
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
found
plff.
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You are hereby commanded, to summon
before the Judge of our
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plantiff and
Not executed on
of Court
27th March plff.
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You are hereby commanded to summon
before the Judge of our Circuit court, on the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
Executed this writ by offering to
of March, 1838
acknowledged the service Thereof.
true copy thereof at the dwelling house
The age of fifteen years, in the
1838
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You are hereby commanded to summon
before the Judge of our Circuit court, on the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
and have you then and there this writ.
Executed this writ in the
leaving a true copy, thereof at the rsidence
of
person over the age of fifteen years- and by
reading it to C F Kienlan-
not found in my County
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be appear in proper person
before the Judge of our Circuit court, on the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
and have you then and there this writ.
Executed this writ by
to Christian F Kienlen on the 15th
and by leaving a true copy, thereof
at the rsidence of
&
of August 1838
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, they be appear in proper person
before the Judge of our Circuit court, on the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
Executed this writ on all the written
named witnesses exception Loper who is
dead
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You are hereby commanded to summon
before the Judge of our Circuit court, on the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
defendant on the part of
Executed this writ in St. Louis County by reading it
to the witnhin named witnesses
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You are hereby commanded to summon
before the Judge of our Circuit court, on the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
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You are hereby commanded to summon
before the Judge of our Circuit court, on the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
Executed this writ in the
on the
Christian Keinlen,
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You are hereby commanded to summon
&
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, he be appear in proper person
before the Judge of our Circuit court,
at the
and the truth to say, in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of