Petition #11081303

• Hancock County, Mississippi. filing started October 10, 1813.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Mississippi Territory in Gen'l Assembly convened

Abstract

Hancock County sheriff Amos Burnet seeks $99.05 in reimbursement for transporting William Smith, arrested for stealing a slave, from Hancock to Claiborne County as ordered in a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Walter Leake.

Result: Committee on claims; allowed $45.05.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Affidavit of Judge Walter Leake, 2 December 1813
• Pages of related documents: 1

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Citation information

Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

• Territorial Legislature, Series 524

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Theft of enslaved