Copy of the order of the Judge permitting plaintiff to institute suit
The above petitioners are allowed to institute a suit on the foregoing petition to establish their right to freedom & the Clerk of the Circuit Court for St Louis County is hereby directed to issue a writ according to the statute in such case made & provided - it is also ordered that the said petitioners be not subject to any security 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 23 may 1832 Will C Carr
