Petition #20485106
- Washington County, District of Columbia. November 19, 1851. - November 19, 1855.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honble. the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Washington: In chancery
Abstract
Petitioner Elizabeth Jennings shows the court that her sister, Mary [also called Polly] Jennings, a free person of color, has been committed as a "Lunatic," and is dangerous to the public. Elizabeth states that Mary has been committed frequently for the same reasons in the past. The petitioner asks that a committee be appointed to investigate Mary Jennings's sanity, or lack thereof, and issue a writ of lunatico inquirendo.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PAR #20485105; Advertisement, 25 May 1854; Affidavit, Office of the National Intelligencer, 8 October 1854; Order, 12 February 1855; Advertisement, 15 December 1851; Receipt, Gales & Seaton, 15 December 1851; Auction Record, Isaac Cary, 29 December 1851; Auditor's Report and List of Accounts, W. Redin, 7 June 1852; Committee's Report, ca. 1851; Writ de Lunatico Inquirendo, Mary Jennings, 19 November 1851
- Pages of related documents: 14
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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: 20
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