{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11381201","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11381201","state":"South Carolina","county":"Charleston","location_type":"District\/Parish","file_day":1,"file_month":12,"file_year":1812,"filing_court":"Legislative","result":"laid on table","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":4,"repository":"South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina","abstract":"William Linen, the administrator of the estate of Thomas Harvey, recalls that he initiated a suit against Maj. Joseph Jenkins for the recovery of a slave named Smart.  Asserting that said trial was a \"sham,\" he brought suit against several lawyers, the deputy sheriff, and the foreman of the jury; however, the case was not admitted to court and Linen himself was jailed.  Having \"made my escape,\" the petitioner \"humbly prays that the Judiciary should be brought to Justice in such a manner as you and your wisdom shall direct.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Title dispute (enslaved)"}]}]}