Petition #20483508
- Washington County, District of Columbia. December 21, 1835. - December 21, 1835.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for Washington County
Abstract
James Johnston, a "coloured boy by his next friend Sarah Johnston," states that he was "bound out by a Justice of the peace to a certain Coln. David Brearly," who plans to move to Arkansas and "insists on carrying your petitioner with him." Johnston asserts that Brearly has confined him to jail until Brearly "shall be ready to leave for the Territory aforesaid." Johnston seeks a writ of habeas corpus.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 3
- Related documents: Letter, D. Brearly to Alexander Hunter, 16 December 1835; Order, 21 December 1835; Letter, Alexander Hunter, 22 December 1835
- Pages of related documents: 3
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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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