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Matilda v. Henry G. Mitchell and Henry C. Russell. Writ of Trespass

 

No 55

Saint Louis Circuit Court July Term 1832

Matilda a woman of color

vs

Henry G Mitchell and H.C. Russell

This is an action of trespass of assault & battery and false imprisonment damage $500 the clerk will open process

Strother G A

Filed 28h May 1832

Archibald Gamble Clerk

Served this writ on H.C. Russell on the 28th day of May of 1832 by offering to read it & the declaration to him & also the copy of the order of the Judge permitting the plaintiff to Henry Mitchell he refused to hear read Hy C Mitchel not found

John K Walker

RH

sum $1
Warrant .50
$1.50

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Matilda v. Henry G. Mitchell and Henry C. Russell. Writ of Trespass.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0019.010

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