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Michael and Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russell. Case Description

Petition Date

July 31, 1832

Earliest Record Date

July 31, 1832

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis, Missouri

People

  • Michael (Petitioner)
  • Clark, William (Petitioner)
  • Anson (Petitioner)
  • Mitchell, Henry C. Elijah (Defendant)
  • Russell, Henry (Defendant)
  • Strother, George F. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Foreman, Stephen W (Attorney defendant)
  • Carr, William C. (Judge)
 

No 56

Saint Louis Circuit Court July Term 1832

Michael boy of color

vs

Henry G Mitchel & Henry C Russel

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

Slother GF

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Michael and Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russell. Case Description.” 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.0020.006

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