Petition #20986506

• Talbot County, Maryland. January 8, 1865. - January 9, 1866.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable Henry H. Goldsborough Judge of the Circuit Court for Talbot County

Abstract

Daniel Joshua, a free person of color, petitions from jail that he is accused of murdering a "negro Woman called Rose Bennett, alias Rose Joshua." He claims that he is detained "contrary to law," and asks the court to grant him a writ of habeas corpus so that "he may be discharged or admitted to Bail."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Answer, Robert Larrimore, ca. January 1865; Commitment, Daniel Joshua, 23 December 1865; Writ of Habeas Corpus, Daniel Joshua, 9 January 1866; Summary of Proceedings, 28 January 1866
• Pages of related documents: 7

2 people are documented within petition 20986506

• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 14
• Microfilm: M 11026

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Homicide