{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20485002","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20485002","state":"District of Columbia","county":"Washington","location_type":"County","file_day":18,"file_month":9,"file_year":1850,"filing_court":"Circuit","end_day":19,"end_month":9,"end_year":1850,"ending_court":"Circuit","result":"granted","enslaved_count":2,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":5,"repository":"National Archives, Washington, D. C.","abstract":"William Chaplin states that he is now confined to the Washington County jail under the charge of \"stealing two negroe men said to be slaves.\"  Chaplin is advised that this is a \"bailable offence.\"  He seeks a writ of habeas corpus.","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Theft of enslaved"}]}]}