<petition><petition_analysis_number>20985641</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20985641</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Anne Arundel</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_date_circa>y</file_date_circa><file_month>7</file_month><file_year>1856</file_year><filing_court>Orphans</filing_court><end_day>8</end_day><end_month>7</end_month><end_year>1856</end_year><ending_court>Orphans</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><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.</abstract><subjects><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Theft by enslaved</subject></subjects></petition>