Willa Viley charges Thomas McCargo with fraud for misrepresenting the age and condition of two infant slaves he purchased from McCargo. The two babies were six weeks and six months old, but Viley states that McCargo described them as being older. Viley paid for the babies with horses, worth "at least $160.00." He further states that McCargo claimed "that sd children were sound, hale and healthy, when in fact at that time and now sd children were and are extremely delicate, sickly and feeble, and it is very doubtfull whether they can be raised at all." McCargo's only property in the state of Kentucky appears to be a slave named Alfred, co-owned by James McHatran and now in the possession of a Stephen Jackson. Viley is suing McCargo for $170, the sale price plus interest, and $200 in damages. He asks the court to issue a warning order and subpoena against Jackson and McHatran to advise them of the suit and prevent them from removing Alfred from the court's jurisdiction until the case can be heard and settled.
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