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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.
of a plea of trespass and false imprisonment
for that
in year eighteen hundre and fifty four made on assault upon the said plaintiff
and then and there imprisoned beat Bruised and
illtreated him the said
detained her in prison that and then without any
reasonable or probable cause whatever for a a long
span of time towit for the span of tweleve hours
then and following contrary to the law of the
state and against the will of the said plaintiff
and the said plaintiff further owns that she the
said plantiff before and at the time of the committing
of the said
person and that the said defendant then
and
in slavery
plaintiff
of the said
of the said
therefore the said plaintiff brings suit.
in slavery by
of a
then North into the state of
said state of
to the state of
twenty years during which time the said
born and is now at the age of Seventeen years
a permit and allow him the said
person to establish his right to freedom
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afore going petition
hereby
ordered that said petitioner have reasonable liberty
of attorny his counsel and that court as occurence
may require and that he be no removed
from
he not subjected to any severity on account of
his application to sue for his freedom
his next friend
vs Trespass to
Wm Head
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We command you to
if he be found in your county that he be and appear
before the Judge of our
held at the
day of
plea of
to the damage of said plaintiff
dollars: And have you then there this writ.
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at
This
and
it is further ordered that he have reasonable
liberty to attend
-sion may require,
out
she
of her
Free ✓(138)
by reading it, and the
Head the defendant, and also by reading to
the said
Judge
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And the said defendant by
his
and injury when
not
above
in
hath above