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Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russel. File Cover

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis (Mo.)

People

  • Anson (Petitioner)
  • Mitchell, Henry (Defendant)
  • Russel, Henry (Defendant)
  • Strother, George F. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Foreman, Stephen W. (Attorney defendant)
  Box 150 Folder 28

St Louis Circuit Court

Case Files

July Term 1832, No. 57

Anson, and infant of color vs. Henry Mitchell & Henry Russel

Trespass; Assault and battery; false imprisonment

Freedom Suit

Plaintiff, who sued by next friend William Clark, sought $500 damages. Writ of Habeas Corpus included; defendants arrested in Jefferson County on charges of kidnapping

See also July Term 1832, Nos. 47, 48, 48B, 55, & 56

Plaintiff's attorney: Strother, George F. v Defendants' attorney Foreman, Stephen W.

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russel. File Cover.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 3, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0014.001

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