Stephen Smith claims that he performed $117 worth of work for Zéphyrin Blanchard, for which he has "amicably" demanded but never received payment. He prays the court to cite Blanchard to appear and answer the petition within the period prescribed by law and to order him to pay the $117 plus interest, at 5% per annum, from the time the order is issued, plus costs of suit. In a related document, a witness claims that he overheard a conversation between Harry, a slave belonging to Blanchard, and his wife, who belonged to one John D. Thomason, regarding activities in preparation of a purported slave insurrection. According to the witness, the conversation revealed that "barril" powder, powder balls, and other weapons were concealed in the ground under the sugar house coolers and in another's slave "bedtick." He also claims that when the wife expressed concern about the killing of "little children," the husband replied that they would "burn the roofs down on them."
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: West Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse, Port Allen, Louisiana
