State of Missouri
St Louis SS
The petitioner Michael
a boy of color having been this day
brought before me the judge of the circuit
court of St Louis county by writ of habeas
corpus and the persons in whose possession
the said Michael was found having
refused to enter into security recognesance as required
by law in that behalf. I do therefore order
and direct the said sheriff of St Louis
county to take possession of the said
Michael and have him out from time
to time during the pendency of the
petitioners suit for freedom and that the
sheriff take [?] from the person or persons who shall hire the said petitioner
in the bond sum of six hundred dollars
with such security as the sheriff shall approve with security that the said Michael
shall at all times during the pendency
of said suit have reasonable liberty of attending
his counsel and the court and that
the said Michael shall not be removed
out of the jurisdiction of the circuit
court of St Louis county or subjected to
any cruelty because of his application
for freedom and that the person or persons
having said Michael shall pay the fine
at the time stipulated and return the
said Michael to said sheriff at
the expiration of the term for which
he is paid or sooner if the action shall
sooner be obtained
Given under my hand this 30th May 1832
Will. C. Carr
