{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"20985641","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/20985641","state":"Maryland","county":"Anne Arundel","location_type":"County","file_date_circa":"y","file_month":7,"file_year":1856,"filing_court":"Orphans","end_day":8,"end_month":7,"end_year":1856,"ending_court":"Orphans","result":"granted","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":3,"repository":"Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland","abstract":"Nathaniel N. Brewer, administrator of the estate of the late Joseph N. Brewer, states that Charles, a slave owned by him and the deceased, is currently in jail for stealing a hog from Isaac Mayo.  Mayo is threatening to have Charles \"sent to the Penetintiary unless he is sold out of the State.\"  Brewer would like authorization to sell Charles at a private sale.","subjects":[{"subject":"Jails\/Workhouses"},{"subject":"Theft by enslaved"}]}]}