July Term 1832
St. Louis county to wit Anson a boy of color an infant who sues by permission of the court by his next friend William Clark complains of Henry G Mitchel and Henry C Russel of a plan of[?] trespass: For that the said Henry G Mitchel and Henry C Russel on the 22 day of May in the year 1832 with force and arms made an assault upon the said Anson to wit at the County of St. Louis aforesaid and then and there that bruised and ill hated the said Anson and then and there imprisoned the said Anson and kept and detained the said Anson in prison with out any probable or honorable cause whatsoever for a large span of time to wit for the span of 25 hours then went following in trying to leave and against the will of the said Anson and the said Anson avers that before and at the time of the [?] of the above grievances[?] he was and still is a free person and that the defendants then held and detained him in slavery and still holds and detaines him in slavery and other wrongs to him the said Anson then and there did against the [?]
of the state and to the damage of the said Anson $500 and therefore he prays sent it
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