{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11680101","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11680101","state":"Virginia","county":"Richmond","location_type":"City","file_day":24,"file_month":12,"file_year":1801,"filing_court":"Legislative","end_day":5,"end_month":1,"end_year":1802,"ending_court":"Legislative","result":"rejected","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia","abstract":"In 1801, Edmund Grady was prosecuted in the Richmond District Court and found guilty of stealing a slave in the possession of Paul Thilman, a deputy sheriff of Hanover county.  He was fined fifty pounds plus court costs.  In fact, Grady asserts, he owned the slave woman, having purchased her from one James Head Lynch; a purchase that could be verified by the bill of sale in his possession.  The slave, whose name is revealed in a related affidavit as being Nelly, had been seized by Sheriff Thilman by virtue of an execution against Lynch's estate.  Learning what had happened, Grady secured a warrant to search Thilman's house, from which he recovered Nelly.  Although part of the petition is missing, it can be assumed that Grady is suing to have the fine remitted.","subjects":[{"subject":"Enticing (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Theft of enslaved"},{"subject":"Title dispute (enslaved)"},{"subject":"Purchase\/Sale prices (enslaved)"}]}]}