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Nelson Lawson v. Robert F. Logan. Return

 

In obedience to the within writ I have the Body of Nelson Lawson here at open court and for my return say that he was committed to my custody April 6th 1858 on charge of being a Runaway slave which warrant of Committee[?] is here annexed. And made a part of this return

This 24th day of June 1858

RF Logan

Jailor

153 June 1858

By the Habeas Corpus Act

In the matter of writ and petition Nelson Lawson

To R.F. Logan

Jailor St Louis Co

June 23d 58. Pet. Fild & writ of Hab. Corps. issd 5o. 201

June 24th 1858. Nels Lawson discharged. 5p. 205

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Nelson Lawson v. Robert F. Logan. Return.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0046.003

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