Petition #11184601

• St. Louis County, Missouri. cicra 1846. - January 9, 1847.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the General Assembly of the State of Missouri

Abstract

On 14 January 1845, John Smith's slave Maryland was jailed by the judge of the St. Louis criminal court as a witness in the case the State v. G. W. Goode. The black man was released after sixty-three days. Smith claims he suffered "loss and great inconvenience" and asks to be compensated "the usual fees."

Result: Denied.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: See PAR #11184602
• Pages of related documents: 3

2 people are documented within petition 11184601

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri

• Records of the House of Representatives, 14th General Assembly, 1st Session., 1846-1847
• Record group: 550

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Testimony (enslaved)