{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11184601","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11184601","state":"Missouri","county":"St. Louis","location_type":"County","file_year":1846,"filing_court":"Legislative","end_day":9,"end_month":1,"end_year":1847,"ending_court":"Legislative","result":"denied","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, 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.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Testimony (enslaved)"}]}]}