{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11383010","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11383010","state":"South Carolina","county":"York","location_type":"District\/Parish","file_day":30,"file_month":10,"file_year":1830,"filing_court":"Petition","result":"granted, allowed $3 per day for each","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":4,"repository":"South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina","abstract":"James Ross and Holloway Simmons seek compensation for apprehending a runaway slave, Tom, who was accused of murdering Solomon Coats in 1826. They report that upon \"hearing where the said negro was & with a view to advance the cause of justice [they] obtained a warrant & proceeded to Sumter district apprehended the said negro, brought him back to York District where he was tried for the Said offence found guilty & executed.\"  The petitioners aver that they \"were employed a week in this service & bore their own expenses.\"  They \"therefore pray that proper compensation may be allowed.\"","subjects":[{"subject":"Execution (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Trials (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Homicide"},{"subject":"Freedom seekers"}]}]}