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THE STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF SAINT LOUIS, } SS.
The State of Missouri to Martin Lawler a Constable within and for St.
Louis township and county, and to the Keeper of the County Jail of St. Louis county—Greeting:
YOU, THE SAID CONSTABLE, are hereby commanded to take and convey the body of Nancy Bell Miller to the St. Louis jail, and there deliver her to the keeper thereof, and
YOU, THE SAID KEEPER of said jail, are hereby commanded to receive the said Nancy Bell Miller at said jail, and there safely keep her in custody, until he shall be discharged by due course of law.
This Warrant of Commitment is issued by the undersigned Justice, because the said
Nancy Bell Miller
failed to give the required bail,
dollars, for appearance before the St. Louis Criminal Court on the first day of the next
term thereof, which will be on the first Monday in next
was this day brought before me by said
Martin Lawler and upon his oath proven
to be a runaway slave belonging to John
Miller near Palmyra, Missouri
in pursuance of a Warrant issued against by said Justice, upon the affidavit of
our proceedings had thereupon, as more fully appears
from the annexed transcript
Given under my hand, this 26 day of June 1856
RM Herckenrath JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
No 123 June 1st
The State vs Nancy Bell Miller a runaway slave
Warrt of commitment
