Petition #20484101

• Washington County, District of Columbia. June 8, 1841. - June 8, 1841.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Hon. William Cranch, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia

Abstract

Linny Honesty, a woman of color, asserts that William Lucas holds her son Frank as his apprentice, but she "can find no indenture of apprenticeship or record in the Orphan's Court & she denies that he ever was legally bound to said Lucas." She seeks a writ of habeas corpus for Frank.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20484101

• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.

• Records of the United States Circuit Court, Chancery Dockets and Rule Case Files
• Record group: 21
• Folder: 28

Subjects

• Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)