July term 1832
St Louis county to wit Michael 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 plea of trespass for that the said Henry G. Mitchel and Henry C. Russel on the 22d day of May in the year 1832 with force and arms made an assault upon the said Michael to wit at the county of St Louis aforesaid and then and there bruised beat and ill treated the said Michael and then and there imprisoned the said Michael and left and detained him in prison there without any probable or reasonable cause whatsoever for a long span of time to wit for the span of twenty four hours than [?] following contrary to law and against the will of the said Michael and the said Michaael avers that before and at the time of the conducting[?] of the said grievances he was and still is a free person and that the defendants then hold and detained him and still hold him and detain him in slavery and other ways to law the said Michael then and there [?] against the peace of the state and to the damage of the plaitiff $500 and therfore he prays his suit &c
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