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Michael and Anson v. Henry Mitchell and Henry Russell. Writ of Habeas Corpus

Petition Date

May 28, 1832

Earliest Record Date

May 28, 1832

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis, Missouri

People

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

By the Habeas Corpus Act

The State of Missouri

To George Hammand Esq Greeting -

You are hereby commanded that the body of Micheal a person of colour who has been permitted to sue for his freedom in your custody (as is said) detained, under safe and secure conduct, together with the day and course of his captor & detainer, by whatsoever name he may be called you have before the Judge of the Circuit Court for St Louis County within town of St Louis on the 30th day of May 1832 at the court house ______________ in the county of St Louis then & there to do submit to and receive what soever shall considered in that behalf

Witness William C Carr Judge of the 3d Jucicial Circuit of the State of Missouri this 28th May 1832

Will: C Carr

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. Writ of Habeas Corpus.” 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.0020.020

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