Petition #20483501
- Washington County, District of Columbia. July 27, 1835. - July 29, 1835.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honourable William Cranch, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for the County of Washington in the District of Columbia
Abstract
Jones H. Jenkins states that he is a free person of color illegally confined in the Washington County Jail, charged with being a runaway slave, for the second time. On the first occasion, Jenkins was able to produce his freedom papers and be released by order of the court. In this instance, he asserts that his freedom papers were taken from him. Jenkins asks for a writ of habeas corpus.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 3
- Related documents: Correspondence, Robert Leslie to William Brent, 24 July 1835; Copy of Freedom Certificate, Jones H. Jenkins, 23 July 1835; Confinement Note, Samuel Stettinius, 20 June 1835; Writ of Habeas Corpus, 28 July 1835; Marshal's Report, 29 July 1835; Decree, 29 July 1835
- Pages of related documents: 7
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Citation information
Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.
- Records of the United States District Court, Segregated Habeas Corpus Papers
- Record group: 21
- Folder: 28
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