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William Johnson v. John Hempstead. Writ of Habeas Corpus

Petition Date

October 11, 1854

Earliest Record Date

October 11, 1854

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • St. Louis, Missouri

People

  • Johnson, William (Petitioner)
  • Hempstead, John (Defendant)
  • Burke (Attorney petitioner)
  • Glover (Attorney petitioner)
  • Colvin, John W. (Judge)
 

State of Missouri

To John Hempstead

Jailor of St Louis County

You are hereby commanded to Bring before me at my office in the city of St Louis forthwith the body of William Johnson, imprisoned by the name of John Johnson, a free person of color who is illegally detained by you, as it is said, together with the day and cause of his detention, and here in fail not under the penalties that may fall thereon

Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of October 1854

John W. Colvin

Law Com

seal

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “William Johnson v. John Hempstead. Writ of Habeas Corpus.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 17, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0043.003

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