Petition #20985518

• Frederick County, Maryland. December 13, 1855. - December 13, 1855.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Hon. Madison Nelson Judge of the Circuit Court for Frederick County

Abstract

Dudley Joy, a slave belonging to John H. Hilliary, claims that he is currently confined to jail on a charge of "having entered Graham & Thrasher store through a window & opened the money drawer of said store." He asks for a writ of habeas corpus so that he may appear before the court and "thus have the opportunity of giving such bail."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 13 December 1855; Writ of Habeas Corpus, Dudley Joy, 13 December 1855; Order of Bail, 13 December 1855; Copy of Commitment, Dudley Joy, 13 December 1855
• Pages of related documents: 4

2 people are documented within petition 20985518

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 4
• Microfilm: M 11020

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Theft by enslaved