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ginia and became the property of
in that
Mrs James Rolf, who removed
to
mentioned
her
Dr James
more than a year that when she
to the
kept your
family of her
in the year eighteen hundred and
your
the
some
year, at
again removed to her
in
Mrs Elisabeth
held in slavery by
This day the above
petitioner
her
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On the foregoing petition it is ordered that
the petitioner
to establish her right to freedom and
assigned as her counsel And it is moreover ordered
that that petitioner have reasonable liberty to attend
her counsel and the court when occasion may require
and that the petitions shall not be taken or removed
out of the jurisdiction of the court nor be subject to any
severity because of her application for freedom
Given at my chambers at
Filed
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L Magennis of a plea of
the said defendant on the
in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five
the county aforesaid made an assault in and
upon the said plaintiff and then and
beat bruise and
and did then and there imprison the said
plaintiff and hath ever since kept and
tained the said plaintiff in imprisonment
and
that before and at the time of the committing
the said
said plaintiff was and
and that the defendant
her and
very
against the peace and dignity of the state
wherefore the said plaintiff says she is
and hath sustained damage to the amount
of five hundred dollars therefore
We command you to summon
our circuit court, at the next term thereof to be held at the city of
woman of
tained
on the foregoing petition it is ordered that the petitioner
establish her right to freedom and
have reasonable liberty to attend her counsel and the court when occasion may require and that the petitioner shall
not be taken or removed out of the
for freedom -
A true
Executed this writ by offering to read
the petition Declaration and order of the judge
to
1834
and acknowledging the
This an action of tres
pass Dam ' 500
Let a
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The defendant moves to
quash the order permitting the petitioner to sue in
this case & also to dismiss this suit for
the following
That said order was
, on a statement of facts not warranting it, &
not sufficiently proved.
Motion to quash order
Change of venue ordered Book 7 page 346
Reasons for quash-
ing order to sue &c.
filed
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And the said defendant
by his
and
not
plaintiff hath above thereof
against him and this he
plea N.G. Magennis atty