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The petition of
years of age represents to your honor
that she was
the
year Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen, that
her mother
and believes is a native
was at the time of your petitioners
Monnesou of
several years since on the
of his daughter to our
gave your petitioner to said
sometime after
in
is informed and believes to our
to
and
owing her to be free; therefore your
petitioner prays that your honor may
permit her to
blish her right to freedom, and that such
other and further
to time be made in the premises as to your
honor may seem proper
This day personally
appeared before me
justice of the peace where and for the
petitioner who being duly sworn says
that the facts contained in the foregoing
petition are true to the best of her
The above named
petitioner
poor person upon the foregoing petition to
directed to
purpose; -
have reasonable liberty to attend her
and the Court; and that said petitioner shall
not be
This electronic document is published as part of the St Louis Circuit Court historical records project.
The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
severity because of her application for
freedom- is
as her
complains of
of Trespass;- For that the said Parker on the
to wit; at the
and ill treated her the said
and detained her in prison there without
any reasonable or probable cause for long
time to wit. For the space of twelve hours
then next following, and the said
in
the committing the said grievances she was
and
endant held and detained her and still
holds and detains her in slavery against
her will; and
then and there did to the said
fore she says she is injured and
hundred dollars & therefore she
color praying that she may be permitted to institute a suit against
to sue as a poor person, thereupon the Court permit the said
aforesaid and direct an action of assault and battery and false imprisonment to be brought in the
Esq. as her counsel, and it is ordered by the Court that the said
the said petitioner to have a reasonable Liberty of attending her counsel and the court when
occasion may require it and that the said petitioner shall not be taken or removed out of
the Jurisdiction of this Court, or be subject to any severity of treatment on account
of her said application for freedom-
A True Copy of the order
vs
L Parker
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vs
The said defendant
Court to
sheriffs return for the following reasons
1st Because the
before the return of the orginal
2nd Because the alias writ is irregular
color
vs