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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
Petition for freedom
house of
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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
represents to your Honour that he is the
said
in Bedford county in that State, that about twelve
months since the said
to
along with him, where they resided with the said
about two months, that the said
to the state of
with him to
-ham Granger in the said state of
dollars per month, that that the mother of your petitioner
hired with the said Granger about three months, and
your petitioner being but an
mother at said Granger, that the said
himself with your petitioner and his mother in
-ber
1828
1829
and declared that it was his desire and his last will &
that your petitioner and his mother should be free,
that from the death of the said
a few days your petitioner has resided in the state of
and acting in court with others took
your petitioner and his mother and brought them to
slaves and is
Your petitioner
above facts
prays permission to institute suit by his next friend
in forma
And your petitioner with
This day
me
for the County aforesaid and made oath that the said
-peris and has accordingly commenced said suit in the
said
above petition mentained are about to be removed
out of the jurisdiction of the
by
child
to cause them to be brought before your Honour to
be
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age of twenty one years who is permitted by the court to
by
Complains of
For that the said
day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty
nine
said, an
him the said
in prison there against his will & without any reason
able or probable cause whatever, and has
since kept and detained him in person against
his will without any reasonable or probable cause
and at the time of the committing the
the said
person and that the said
and still holds and detains him in slavery_ And the said
then & there did, to him the said
the peace of the state. Wherefore the said
by his next friend aforesaid says he is greatly injuired
by him the said
damage to the amounts of five hundred
We command you to summon
next term thereof to
and for the
November next then and there to answer unto
who is permitted by the Court to sue by
next friend as a poor person of a plea of
-fore
the said
says he is greatly injuired by him the said
hath sustained Damage to the amount of Five Hundred
Dollars and have you then there this writ.
George
permitted to institute suit against
to freedom and that he may be permitted to
-upon
the Court permits the said
and directs that an action of
-prisonment be
name of the said
Esquire as his counsel and it is ordered by the Court that the
said defendant permit the said
-able
liberty of attending his counsel and the Court when occasion
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may require it and that the said
taken or removed out of the jurisdiction of their court and that
he shall not be subject to any
of his said application for freedom
Executed this writ
summons & order
Declaration
This is
& Battery and false imprisonment
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And the said Defendant
defends the force and injury when
says he is not guilty of the said
in the declaration mentioned in manner
and form as the said plaintiff hath com
plained against him and of this he puts
himself
And for further plea in this behalf
the said Defendant says the said plaintiff ought
not to have and maintain his aoresaid ac
tion against him because he says that
at the time of committing the said supposed
-pass in the declaration mentioned
plaintiff was and
he the said plaintiff was at the said time
free as in his pleading is above supposed
and this he is ready to
slavery
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And the said
by
of the said
and whereof he hath
Country cloth the like.
And the said
of the said
said
and maintaining his aforesaid action
thereof against him the said
because he says that before
at the time of committing the
and
-ration
mentioned he
is a
prays many be enquired of by the coun
-try
first & second