State of Missouri
County of St. Louis } Ss
Be it Remembered that on the
Seventeenth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred
and twenty five before me Peter Ferguson a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County of St. Louis, personally came
and appeared Jabez Warner who lodged information upon
before me that upon oath that he is well informed & does
believe that John Plackett & [] Plackett his wife have
a certain Female slave of the age of from Eight to Eleven
years of age whose name is to him unknown that
from the barbarous & inhuman treatment as has been represented to him (and as he believes to be the truth) he thinks
that the said child is in danger of being brought to a premature death, and that therefore a warrant ought to issue to
cause the said Plackett & his wife to be brought before some
competent authority to restrain them from the continuance
of such barbarity. to place the slave who has been thus
inhumanly treated out of their power & to cause them
to give security to keep the peace towards the good people
of this state & to such others as the proper law may
require & to be otherwise dealt with according to laws
JWarner
Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 17h Decr 1825 Peter Ferguson Justice of the Peace County of St Louis
