Box Folder
St. Louis Law Commissioners' Court
June Term 1858, No 153
Lawson, Nelson,
In the matter of Habeas Corpus
Defendant arrested and jailed on April 6, 1858; arrested as a "run-a-way" by Matthew Monaghen, a St. Louis police officer; defendant a free black born in Carlisle, PA, where his parents and siblings still live; documents from his family and other Carlisle residents testifying to his free status to be "obtained by his attorney," John J. Schuler; petition states that "he has not made application to a court of higher jurisdiction," signed petition []
