State of Missouri vs. James Young This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.

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 June Term 1824

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 State of Missouri vs. James Young June Term 1824 State of Missouri Young, James Habeas corpus null St. Louis Circuit Court Ferguson, Peter Gamble, Archibald Walker, J.K. ED performed final review of legal encoding EC added legal information. MM deciphered vendor's unclear tags through line 47 MM deciphered vendor's unclear tags through line 101 Summons

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 Summons Gamble, Archibald Walker, J.K. St. Louis Circuit Court County of St Louis sct/ . The State of Missouri To the Sheriff of said County — Greeting

You an hereby commanded to have the body of James Young detained in the prison of the County aforesaid under your custody as it is said under a safe and secure conducet together with the day and cause of his being taken and detained by whatever name he shall be called in the same before our Circuit Court within and for the County of St Louis now in session at the City of St Louis immediately after the reciept of this writ to do and receive all and singular show things which our said County shall then and there consider concerning him in this behalf and have you then there this writ

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk of our said Court at the city of St Louis this twenty first day of June AD 1824 Archibald Gamble Clk

In to this writ I have here in Court the body of the within named James Young who was commited to Jail on the 11th, October 1824 by written of a warrant filed by Peter Ferguinn Egrain one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of St Louis will now dully appear by the said a copy of which is and makes a part of this my return to the said writ.

21st June 1824 Jn K Walker Sheriff Copy of Commitment of James Young

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 Copy of Commitment of James Young Ferguson, Peter Bush, John St. Louis Circuit Court State of Missouri To the Sheriff of St Louis County Greeting

Whereas a certain negroman who calls himself James Young and says he is free but has no letters of emancipation with him, nor has he in anyway satisfied me of his claim to freedom, these are therefore to require you to take the said James Young into your safe keeping, and discharge him when thereun to required by law - & for which this shall be your warrant, given under my hand this 11th October 1823.

Signed Peter Ferguson Seat Justice of the Peace County St. Louis

Return

Executed this writ by delivering the body of James the within named boy to the Sheriff, October 11th 1823

Signed James Bush June 1824

Copy of Commitment of James Young

Habeas Corpus to James Young

 Summons

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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.

 Summons Gamble, Archibald Walker, J.K. St. Louis Circuit Court County of St. Louis , sct. The State Of Missouri , To The Sheriff Of St. Louis, County-Greeting:

You are hereby commanded to Summon Peter Lindell, Thomas Estes, Benjamin Young, & Bernard Pratte that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay They be and appear in proper person before the Judge of our Circuit Court , on the forthwith at the city of St. Louis , then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherin on a habeas Corpus plaintiff, and defendent, on the part of the and have you then there this writ.

Witness, Archibald Gamble , Clerk of our said Circuit Court , at the city of St. Louis , this day of in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty Clerk, C. C.

Executed on R. Lindell The Estes B. Young or the 21st June 1824 B Pratte day

fees $ 22

James Young Habeas Corpus

supa for Peter Lindell Thos. Estes Benj Young Ber. Pratte jr