Theophile Mahier, a free man of color, seeks to emancipate his son, a fourteen-year-old mulatto boy named Melville. Mahier represents that he purchased Melville in 1854 from Dr. William Reynaud “for no other purpose than that which is now sought, viz: his emancipation.” Mahier asserts that Melville is “subject to no mortgage or privilege,” that he is “of good character & sober habits,” and that he has “been convicted of no criminal offence.” Mahier has already given public notice of his intention to sue for Melville’s emancipation by publication “in the capitolean Vis-à-vis, a paper published” in the parish. Mahier therefore prays that the District Attorney for the Sixth District be duly served with a copy of his petition and cited to answer his petition within the legal delays. He prays that his son be emancipated with permission to reside in the state “upon strict proof of the allegations contained” in his petition and upon his furnishing a bond and security conditioned on Melville not becoming a public charge.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: West Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse, Port Allen, Louisiana
