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John Jones v. Robert F. Logan. Return

 

In obedience to the command of the foregoing writ I have the body of the defendent John Jones hear at open Court and for my return say that he was Comitted to my custody on the 7 day of June th 1857 by Justice Herkenrath on charg of being a Runaway Slave which warent of Comitment is hear to anexx and and maid a part of this return this Dec 26th 1857

Robt T. Logan Jailor

of St Louis County by Joel L Musick

Dept

185

Dec 1857

"By the Habeas Corpus Act"

In the matter of

John Johns als

John Cook

Habeas Corpus writ

to Jailor SL. Co

Rethlo [?] Dec 26" 1857 9OC A.M.

Dec 24 Ret filed writ is c 4 [?] 630

Dec 26" 57 Case heard

Pris discd 4p [?] 631

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “John Jones v. Robert F. Logan. Return.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0044.004

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