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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 48

Jefferson Saint Louis Circuit Court

July Term 1832

Michael a boy of color
vs
Elijah Mitchel

This is an action of assault and battery and false imprisonment the clerk will open process

Strother G F

Filed 23d July 1832 Archibald Gamble Clerk

Filed May 25th 1832

C Smith clerk

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.0020.011

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