Skip to main content

Alexander S. Butler v. John Hempstead. Return

Petition Date

October 13, 1854

Earliest Record Date

October 13, 1854

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis, Missouri

People

  • Butler, Alexander S. (Petitioner)
  • Hempstead, John (Defendant)
  • Macdonal (Attorney petitioner)
  • Colvin, John W. (Judge)
  • Waite, Liberty (Judge)
 

In obedience to the above command I have here in open court the body of Alexander S. Butler and for my return answer that he was committed to the Jail of St Louis County on the 10th of September which may appear from the following papers here with presented and made part of my return

Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of Oct 1854

John Hempstead

Jailor

seal

No 109

October T. 1854

Habeas Corpus in the Matter of Alexander S Butler

"By the Habeas Corpus Act"

Issued 13th Oct 1854

Jno W Colvin

3.00 Law Com

.75 for Castillo

Paid to Colvin

Oct. 13th discharged 3h[?] 104

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Alexander S. Butler v. John Hempstead. Return.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 3, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0036.005

Back to top