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sworn deposth and saith that some time about
the year
deponent
the said John Whiterides and
with them a negro girl named
they had had living with them as in slave for
several years- that the said
that time removed to the Western side of the
that about
to the west side of the
the said
a negro women named
held
acknowledge that the negro woman
she now holds
she hed in the
under age when brought away.
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This is an
imprisonment-
age
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mitted by the court to sue as a
person by
her
said court complains of
that the said
the
of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and fifteen
at the county aforesaid unlawfully an
assault did make in and upon her the
said
bruised and
her the said
tained her in prison without any lawful
cause whatsoever and hath ever
kept and detained and
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and detain her in prison against the
to the laws of this
gainst the peace of the united states
of america and to the damage of
the said
and therefore she
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You are
before the
the said
held
and have you then and there
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at the
asst & By
false imprisonment
Damage
This is an
with
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to sue
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And
to be
in her said plea alleged, and
may be
Same as in the above
Same as in the above
Same as in the above
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the defendant in these several causes
being
the county of
this
county of
souri but to what particular place
this
has no doubt
of
mony at the
days ago, that, the said witness was
for her and not untill it was too late to
his
to prove by the said witness. This
cannot
the
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The said deponent expects to
said witness that at the time the said
was held as a slave in
the then husband of this deponent, as stated by
the said
not the property of the said
but belonged to the
by gift from
the
this deponent, And
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You are summoned that all excuses and delays being set aside you
personally be and appear before the judges of the superior court of our terri-
tory aforesaid at our said superior court
to be held in and for the northern circuit at the town of
day of
to testify and the truth to tell in a certain case then and there to be tried, and wherein
a free woman of
said
until duly discharged by the court, and not depart the said court without the leave thereof—and
of this fail not at your peril, and our sheriff of our county of
commanded then and there to make return of this our writ and certify to our said court how he
executes the same.
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Subpoena
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You are hereby commanded to
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
court on the
and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said court, wherein
and
the
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Served this
on the
August 1821
not found in
this county
for thomas R
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You are hereby commanded to summon
and
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay
Judge of our
said court, wherein
plaintiff, and
defendant on the part of the
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on
1822
not found in my
county
For
R
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Reason for setting
aside proceedings-
Because the defendant
time of commencement of this suit
claim the plaintiff as a slave, nor has
she at any time
as a slave.
Reasons for setting
aside proceedings
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about eight years from this time
this deponent
writing for the above defendant and her hus-
band fields
said
in the said
said
a few days thereafter the said
quit house keeping and has even since that time
claiming any interest in the said
the said
one of her children and sometimes with
another: that the children of the said
the said black woman
her since the time of said conveyance and claimed
never since about the time of the said
conveyance
by the said
he was a
time before the said conveyance and
the plaintiff
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for at least eighteen years, and further
not
Filed
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You are hereby commanded to summon
that setting aside all all manner of excuse and delay
the Judge of our circuit court, on the
said court, wherein
plaintiff, and
defendant on the part of the
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Served this writ
on
on the
1822
it to him at his place
of residence in
ships- on
Callard on
Wm Pattersons in
for
for plaintiff
Tuesday 12th
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On the trial of this suit it was
proved on the part of the plaintiff that the said de-
fendant with her then husband resided in the present
state of
during the space of three or four years : and that du-
ring the said three or four years they held the said
her the said
at the end of the time last above mentioned, the said
state of missouri: and that the said
and for years afterwards there held as third slave.
The Counsel for the defendant then required the
Court to instruct the Jury that a residence in
said
ordinance of congress for the year one thousand seven
hundred and eighty seven for the government of the
territory of the
recovery of more than nominal damages in this action by the plaintiff
said ordinance did in law set the said
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free if it should appear to the satisfaction of the
husband resided
said
ges in this form of action on the same principles
that any other plaintiff might recover in an action of
false
these opinions of the Court delivered to the Jury
the Counsel for the defendant excepted & prayed
the Court to sign and seal a bill of exceptions
taken thereof which is done accordingly in
open court this
year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
Bill of Exceptions
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And the said Defendant by
wrong
& imprisoning the said plaintiff as in her
said declaration mentioned the said
defendant says that the said plaintiff
ought not to
said action
she says that before and at the said
time when go in the said declaration
mentioned to wit at the place & within
the jurisdiction aforesaid the said plaintiff
was & still is the slave of her the said
Defendant.
did beat imprison the said plaintiff so
being the slave of her the said defendant
so she lawfully might do; which on the
said
said plaintiff
against her and this
The same plea as above
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The same plea as within
The
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We the
And Damages to the amount of one hundred
fifty seven dollars fifty cents.
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The petition of
woman who petition for herself and for
the following named persons who are her
children under the age of twenty one
years
That about the year
and ninety five
in the territory of
and
them several years when the said
removed to this territory
your petitioner where she has been held
as a slave ever since that
been living in this territory she has had
the following children to wit;
Louis and
is informed that by reason of having been
held in
since are free.
And your petitioner further
that she and her children. Hannah
Lewis and
slaves by
as a slave by the
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by
and
Wherefore your petitioner prays that such
her to
to each of her said children to
freedom.