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Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russel. Copy of Order from Judge

Petition Date

May 23, 1832

Earliest Record Date

May 23, 1832

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis (Mo.)

People

  • Anson (Petitioner)
  • Mitchell, Henry (Defendant)
  • Russel, Henry (Defendant)
  • Carr, William C. (Judge)
 

Copy of the order of the Judge permitting petitioner to sue

The above petitioners are allowed to institute a suit on the foregoing petition to establish their right to freedom by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for St. Louis County is hereby directed to issue a writ according to the statute in such cases made & provided It is also ordered that the said petitioner be not subject to any severity on account of their application for freedom - that they have reasonable liberty of attending their counsel & the court whenever occasion may require and that they be not removed out of the Jurisdiction of the Court - Given under my hand as Judge of the third Judicial Circuit State of Missouri at Chambers this 23rd May 1832

Will C Carr

A true copy of the order

A Gamble Clerk

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russel. Copy of Order from Judge.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0014.004

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