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of color of the
years,
she is held in
City and
freedom, by the said
the
an
of
That your
to
state
when she was brought to the
about the first of
and thirty nine, the said
river
petitioner with them - that the said
place of abode, and
and
your
that in the month of
the wife of said
as petitioner believes, some where in the
county - that in the
the said
will took your petitioner on
in the
living since, and is now in the custody of the
said
these state
that she is entitled to her
leave
slave, and she will
St. Louis County p. Before the
Justice of the
says that the facts set forth in the forgoing
petition are just
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I
the forgoing petition of
presented,
sufficient matter, to authorise the commencement
of a suit for her freedom against
First - That the said
be allowed to sue out of the
of St. Louis County, as a poor person to
establish her right to freedom, a
in trespass
and I do assign to the said
as her counsel,
Second I do order that the said
to attend her counsel and the Court, as
occasion may
removed out of the jurisdiction of the Court,
and that she be not subject to any
on account of her application for freedom.
Petition of
for leave to sue as a poor
person for her freedom
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of
said
year of our
fifty
with
and there took and imprisoned, and
of her liberty, and her the said
held in
until the
of October, without any reasonable
Cause, against the law of the
the
wrongs and
the said
and that the defendant, the said
held and still holds her, the said
slavery, against the peace &c. and to the great
damage of the said
for
The
Risque Murdoch & King
p.
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We command you to
before the judge of our
held at the
of
a woman of color of a
Suit for freedom
County
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We command you
you, that you summon
if he be found in your County, that
he be and appear
held at the
of
to the
I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.
Witness my hand and seal, at
alias
Suit for freedom
Filed
in my County
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It is
attorney
for
named
declaration and
be
said
It is
of
Scott & McConnell
shall be tried together and that the
on both sides now
shall be had in both cases
Agreement of Counsel
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You are hereby commanded, that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, you appear
before the Judge of our
January 1842
testify, and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said
Court,
wherein
plaintiff and
defendant on the part of
and herein you are in no wise to fail.
To appear 11
Executed
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You are hereby commanded, that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay, you appear
before the Judge of our
1843
testify, and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said Court,
wherein
defendant on the part of
This
on Whitelaw & Scott
the
Attorney, on the 13th day of Sept
1843 in the county of
Executed the
1843
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by their attorney moves the Court for a
new trial for following reasons
1.Beacuse said finding
evidence
2.Because it is against the might of evidence
3.Because it is against
4.Because the Court
instruction sought by
5.Because the
of the Court
colour
vs
Filed
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The Court is
that if they
a Justice of the Peace in the
the Plaintiff was a
state of
proceedings instituted before said Justice in
accordance with the act of
in relation to
of slavery and they
Defendant.
Refused
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1. If the jury should be of opinion, that
was kept in
and
from the service of her master and there resides against
the knowledge & consent of her master,
that such a residence will not
3. That if the
there held to labor, with the knowledge and
of
-....
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knowledge on the part of
in
accompanied with
there by the
to
given
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manner & form as the said plaintiff has