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The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
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Enos Bardino by his at
torney complains of
plea of trespass for that the said
on the
with force and arms made an assault upon
the said
the Territory of the
limits of any particular state or territory to wit
at the County aforesaid and then and there
did beat
imprisoned him the said
detained him in prison there without any
reasonable or probable cause whatsoever for
a long space of time to wit for the space of
six hours then next following
And also for that the said
the day and year last with force and arms aforesaid at the
Indian County aforesaid towit at the
ty aforesaid made another assault upon
him the said
nos did then and there beat, strike wound
kick &
there imprisoned him the said enos and
kept and detained him in prison there with
out any reasonable or
space of time towit for the space of
of the said
that he is
the amount of one thousand dollars & there
fore he brings his suit & c.
Before me Luke
Lawless Judge of the third Judicial Circuit for
the state of
delaration and made oath that that
in said declaration same time in the
of
tains beyond the limits of any particular
state or territory of the
within the
and by fastening a chain
body bound him to a tree that the
said
leaving him nearly naked, that said
surrender to said
which he accused affiant of having
stolen that said
doing which as affiant belives said
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of the persons then present that
to the violence of said
ing for his life affiant stated that
he had taken said furs when as this affi
ant solemnly states the declaration
then by him made was wholly unfound
ed, he never having stolen the
to or any other property and that it was
only under the bodily pain which he
was suffering & the apprehension that said
him then to
fiant further saith that said
is a
that he has not so far as affiant knows
or can
property in this state that said
as he thinks will soon remove beyond
the jurisdiction of this court that he verily be
lieves unless he is held to bail in this
action affiant will not be able to
procure any
complained of
We command you to take
and him safely keep so that you have his
body before the Judge of our
the next term thereof to be held at the city of
second Monday of November next then and
there to answer unto
of treaspass to the damage of said plaintiff of
one thousand dollars and have you then there
this writ
This is an action
of Trespass
Damages $ 1000
Let a summoning is
sue
The sheriff is
to hold Defendant to
bail in five hundred
Dollars
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Excuted this writ by arresting the body of
the within named
from my custody by giving bond & security
as Required by law which said bond is here
with Returned
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Know an men by the presesents, That we
bound unto
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
183
The Condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound
shall be and appear at the next term of the
county of
in a plea of
to the damage of said plaintiff of
dollars, and if judgment be given against
for which judgement shall be given and costs, or surrender
securit
and effect.
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plea
not guilty
Verdict for plff- Book 8 - page 214
clerk Gamble's
fee book 225
And the said defendant
force & injury when &C. & says that he
guilty of the said supposed trespasses nor any
part thereof in
declaration is alleged and of this he puts
himself upon the country & C.
And the said
the