Petition #21083704

• Adams County, Mississippi. May 19, 1837. - June 1838.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Honble Judge Turner Chancellor of the State of Mississippi

Abstract

T. P. Bradish states that his slave, Peter, is in jail on assault and battery charges. The petitioner prays for a writ of habeas corpus and permission to exercise the right to post bail for the accused.

Result: Dismissed.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Orders, 19 May 1837, 6 May 1837; Deposition, Eliza Horne, 6 May 1837; Indictment, December Term 1837; Order, 26 December 1838; Court Record, June 1838
• Pages of related documents: 4

3 people are documented within petition 21083704

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Historic Natchez Foundation Archives

• Records of the Circuit Court
• Folder: 47

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Trials (enslaved)
• Testimony (enslaved)
• Assault