<petition><petition_analysis_number>11085401</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11085401</petition_url><state>Mississippi</state><county>Pike</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1854</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>denied</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi</repository><abstract>Robert Bacot asks for reimbursement of $50 paid to slave catcher Isaac Brumfield for the apprehension of an escaped prisoner, a slave named Green who was charged with the attempted rape of a white woman.  Bacot informs the court that the escape was not due to any failure of duty on his part.</abstract><subjects><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Rape</subject></subjects></petition>